Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780375706394ISBN:0375706399
Description: Very Good. Slight cover wear with minor scuffing to edges. GoodwillnyBooks is committed to providing each customer with the highest standard of customer service. You may return new items within 30 days of delivery for a full refund. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Vintage Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780375706394ISBN:0375706399
Description: New. Softcover with pages that are clean, crisp and unmarked. Cover shows minor shelfwear from storage with crease on front. The history of the book on the bookshelf. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Vintage Books
Date Published: 2000-09-01
ISBN-13:9780375706394ISBN:0375706399
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780375706394ISBN:0375706399
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage Books
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780375706394ISBN:0375706399
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Description: Very good. Book has appearance of only minimal use. All pages are undamaged with no significant creases or tears. With pride from Motor City. All books guaranteed. Best Service, Best Prices. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780375706394ISBN:0375706399
Description: Very Good- 0375706399. Some rubbing to edges of cove, chipping around spine; internally clean with no markings; binding tight. Bks on Bks. Pasadena's finest independent new and used bookstore.; 0.7 x 7.9 x 5.1 Inches; 304 pages. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Borzoi Book/Alfred A. Knopf, New York
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780375706394ISBN:0375706399
Description: Fine. 0375706399. Pages are clean and tight; printed on alkaline paper. Illustrated with b/w photos. "...we explore the ways in which the housing of books evolved...the pre-Gutenberg world, where books were so scarce they were chained to lecterns for security. He explains how the printing press not only changed the way books were made and shelved, but also increased their availability and transformed book readers into book owners and collectors...." ISBN in book is 0965004552.; B&W ... read more
Description: Vintage; Very Good+ 0-375-70639-9. Like new paper back in illustrated wraps. Clean and tight interior with no markins. Pondering the physics of the bookend and the genealogy of the library carrel, this Duke University scholar observes the bookshelf as a piece of the infrastructure undergirding our civilization. This book is most successful when delving into the gritty aspects of engineering, whether it be the cantilevered forces of library book stacks or the architecture of the British Museum ... read more
Description: Knopf; Stated 1st Edition; Very Good. 0375706399. New ~ A bit shop worn ~Gift quality. Bibliography & index. Petroski takes us from the scroll to the codex to the hand-lettered illuminated texts that were so rare and valuable they were chained to lecterns to prevent theft. Along the way he provides plenty of amusing anecdotes about libraries (according to one possibly apocryphal account, the library at Alexandria borrowed the works of the great Greek authors from Athens, had them copied, and ... read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, New York
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780375706394ISBN:0375706399
Description: Softcover. Octavo. 290pp. Includes appendix, notes, bibliography, and index. Illustrated in black & white. Pictorial wrappers in Near Fine condition. Image or additional images available upon request. read more
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