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Books As History : The Importance Of Books Beyond Their Texts

  • Books As History : The Importance Of Books Beyond Their Texts

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    David Pearson

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    Book, British Library, 2008

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    In fact books may possess all kinds of potentially interesting qualities beyond their texts, as designed or artistic objects, or because they have unique properties deriving from the ways they have been printed, bound, annotated, beautified or defaced.David Pearson explores these themes and uses many examples of books from the Middle Ages to the present day to show why books may be interesting beyond their texts. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)

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     BROWSING (MAIN)  Z4 .P43 2008  DUE 02-13-10

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The Book History Reader

  • The Book History Reader

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    edited by David Finkelstein and Alistair McCleery

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    Book, 2nd ed, Routledge, 2006

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    The Book History Reader is an essential collection of writings examining different aspects of the history of books and print culture: the development of the book, the move from spoken word to written texts, the commodification of books and authors and the power and profile of readers. This pioneering book will be a vital resource for all those involved in publishing studies, library studies, book history and also those studying English literature, cultural studies, sociology and history. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)

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     (UPPER LEVEL)  Z4 .B647 2006  AVAILABLE

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An Introduction To Book History

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The Nature Of The Book : Print And Knowledge In The Making

  • The Nature Of The Book : Print And Knowledge In The Making

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    Adrian Johns

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    Book, University of Chicago Press, 1998

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    In The Nature of the Book, a tour de force of cultural history, Adrian Johns constructs an entirely original and vivid picture of print culture and its many arenas?commercial, intellectual, political, and individual. The richness of Mr. Johns’s book lies in the splendid detail he has collected to describe the world of books in the first two centuries after the printing press arrived in England.”?Alberto Manguel, Washington Times “[A] mammoth and stimulating account of the place of print in the history of knowledge. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)

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     (UPPER LEVEL)  Z124 .J64 1998  DUE 05-02-10

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Printing The Written Word : The Social History Of Books, Circa 1450-1520

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