9780198702986 - The Oxford Illustrated History of the Book (7 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Cloth, 4to, xxxvi, 436 pp, over 140 ills, (many colour). From the blurb: "In 14 original essays, the 'Oxford Illustrated History of the Book' reveals the history of books in all their various forms, from the ancient world to the digital present. Leading international scholars offer an original and richly illustrated narrative that is global in scope. The history of the book is the history of millions of written, printed, and illustrated texts, their manufacture, distribution, and reception. Here are different types of production, from clay tablets to scrolls, from inscribed codices to printed books, pamphlets, magazines, and newspapers, from written parchment to digital texts. The history of the book is a history of different methods of circulation and dissemination, all dependent on innovations in transport, from coastal and transoceanic shipping to roads, trains, planes and the internet. It is a history of different modes of reading and reception, from learned debate and individual study to public entertainment. It is a history of manufacture, craftsmanship, material form, dissemination, reading and debate. Yet the history of books is not simply a question of material form, nor indeed of the history of reading and reception. The larger question is of the effect of textual production, distribution and reception - of how books themselves madehistory. To this end, each chapter of this volume, succinctly bounded by period and geography, offers incisive and stimulating insights into the relationship between books and the story of their times." Contents include: Timeline; 1. Introduction, by James Raven; 2. The Ancient World, by Eleanor Robson; 3. Byzantium, by Barbara Crostini; 4. Medieval and Early Modem East Asia, by Cynthia Brokaw; 5. Medieval Western Europe, by David Rundle; 6. Renaissance and Reformation, by James Raven and Goran Proot; 7. Managing Information, by Ann Blair; 8. The Islamic World, by Sheila S. Blair and Jonathan M. Bloom; 9. Enlightenment and Revolution, by Jeffrey Freedman; 10. South Asia, by Graham Shaw; 11. Industrialization, by Marie-Françoise Cochin; 12. Modem China, Japan, and Korea, by Christopher Ä. Reed and M. William Steele; 13. Globalization, by Eva Hemmungs Wirten; 14. Books Transformed, by Jeffrey T. Schnapp; Abbreviations and Glossary; Further Reading; Index. Near Fine in Near Fine dustwrapper.

Cloth. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. Wonderfully produced account. p.xxxvi.431. DW in archival sleeve.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

hardcover. Condition: Good. hardcover with dust jacket, tight, pages clear and bright, shelf and edge wear, corners bumped, ex-library copy with usual library markings, packaged in cardboard box for shipment, tracking on U.S. orders.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First. 9.8 X 1.1 X 7.7 inches; 431 pages.