MOMENTAN AUSVERKAUFT
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Product Identifiers
PublisherKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-100375706399
ISBN-139780375706394
eBay Product ID (ePID)1754551
Product Key Features
Book TitleBook on the Bookshelf
Number of Pages304 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicBook Printing & Binding, Library & Information Science / General, History, Books & Reading
Publication Year2000
IllustratorYes
GenreLiterary Criticism, Technology & Engineering, Language Arts & Disciplines, Crafts & Hobbies
AuthorHenry Petroski
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight11.2 Oz
Item Length7.9 in
Item Width5.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN99-014336
Dewey Edition21
TitleLeadingThe
Reviews"For anyone interested in the craft of reading, [this book] is a compulsive necessity." -- The New York Times Book Review "A fascinating history of two related common objects, impeccably documented and beautifully illustrated." -- Civilization "After reading this book, you will not look at a book or a bookshelf in the same way." -- Seattle Times "If 'God is in the details,' then those seeking God should read Petroski's books." -- Library Journal, "For anyone interested in the craft of reading, [this book] is a compulsive necessity." --The New York Times Book Review "A fascinating history of two related common objects, impeccably documented and beautifully illustrated." --Civilization "After reading this book, you will not look at a book or a bookshelf in the same way." --Seattle Times "If 'God is in the details,' then those seeking God should read Petroski's books." --Library Journal
Dewey Decimal022/.4/09
SynopsisFrom the author of the highly praised The Pencil and The Evolution of Useful Things comes another captivating history of the seemingly mundane- the book and its storage. Most of us take for granted that our books are vertical on our shelves with the spines facing out, but Henry Petroski, inveterately curious engineer, didn't.As a result, readers are guided along the astonishing evolution from papyrus scrolls boxed at Alexandria to upright books shelved at the Library of Congress. Unimpeachably researched, enviably written, and charmed with anecdotes from Seneca to Samuel Pepys to a nineteenth-century bibliophile who had to climb over his books to get into bed, The Book on the Bookshelf is indispensable for anyone who loves books., From the author of the highly praised The Pencil and The Evolution of Useful Things comes another captivating history of the seemingly mundane: the book and its storage. Most of us take for granted that our books are vertical on our shelves with the spines facing out, but Henry Petroski, inveterately curious engineer, didn't. As a result, readers are guided along the astonishing evolution from papyrus scrolls boxed at Alexandria to upright books shelved at the Library of Congress. Unimpeachably researched, enviably written, and charmed with anecdotes from Seneca to Samuel Pepys to a nineteenth-century bibliophile who had to climb over his books to get into bed, The Book on the Bookshelf is indispensable for anyone who loves books.
LC Classification NumberZ685
