Book Reader Power Printed Word by Basbanes Nicholas (82 results)

Condition: VeryGood. Former library copy. Shows minimal signs of wear and previous use. Can include minimal notes/highlighting. A portion of your purchase benefits nonprofits! - Note: Edition format may differ from what is shown in stock photo item details. May not include supplementary material (toys, access code, dvds, etc).

Condition: Good. Item in good condition. Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc.

Hardcover. pp. xviii, 360. 8vo. Silver lettering and red decoration to spine. Black and white photographs. Light shelfwear, some spots to page edges; very good in very good dustjacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition stated, print line begins with "2". INSCRIBED to bibliophile Duncan Andrews and SIGNED BY AUTHOR at half-title. Octavo, publisher's gray and red cloth lettered in white and red at spine (drip stain at top edge, a couple of tiny rubbed spots at edges, else tight, very good). Pictorial dust jacket (a few spots rubbed through at folds, hint of wear at corners, else very good). Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket - Very Good. First Edition. Signed by Basbanes on the title page, dust jacket wrapped- jacket price not clipped- "Autographed Copy" sticker on the front of jacket and barcode sticker on rear, clean, has a good binding, no marks or notations- no remainder mark. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. First Edition, First Printing. 360p. A hardcover book in fine condition with a like dustjacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Hardcover. A handsome first edition of this fifth book to be written by Basbanes on the world of books, authors, and literary scholarship. This work examines a specific aspect of book culture - what can we know about influential past and present figures by what they read. Bound in a bright blue cloth binding with gilt titling to spine. In a white and black dust jacket with a red spine with white titlling. Housed in a blue slipcase. In fine condtion. Octavo. 360 pages including notes and index. BOB/011024.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition/First Printing with the complete number line; a Fine book in a Fine dust jacket with only trivial shelf wear. SIGNED by the author on the title page. An outstanding copy of this examination of book culture by the master of book collecting writings. Not remaindered, not price clipped, not ex-library; in archival protection and shipped in a sturdy box. Signed by Author(s).

Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 8vo pp. xviii, 360, SIGNED by the author on the title page. "Inspired by a landmark exhibition mounted by the British Museum in 1963 to celebrate five eventful centuries of the printed word, Nicholas A. Basbanes offers a lively consideration of writings that have "made things happen" in the world, works that have both nudged the? Signed by Author. book.

Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 8vo pp. xviii, 360, SIGNED by the author on the title page. "Inspired by a landmark exhibition mounted by the British Museum in 1963 to celebrate five eventful centuries of the printed word, Nicholas A. Basbanes offers a lively consideration of writings that have "made things happen" in the world, works that have both nudged the? Signed by Author. book.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing (with full number sequence including the 1). Hardbound. Brand new! Very Fine in a very fine dust jacket. A tight, clean, unread copy. Comes with archival-quality mylar dust jacket protector. NOT price clipped. Shipped in well padded box. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page. He has signed his name only, with no other inscriptions, marks or writing. You cannot find a better copy. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. First Edition. First trade edition preceded by slip cased limited edition ( also available).A remainder mark else a FINE(unread) book in FINE jacket. Interesting and delightful, as are all Mr. Basbanes' works on bibliomania and book collecting! BXX656 ** See our new cheaper postal rates to the USA and abroad.**.

cloth, dust jacket, slipcase. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket, slipcase. 380 pages. UNOPENED COPY. First edition, one of 250 numbered copies signed by the author and in slipcase. A fine copy in fine slipcase / dust jacket. This is the first time that one of Nick Basbanes' titles has appeared in a limited edition. Inspired by a landmark exhibition mounted by the British Library in 1963 (Printing and the Mind of Man) of 440 books that "made things happen" in the world, Basbanes examines the specific aspects of book culture, considers various works that have shaped our culture, nudged the course of history, and influenced the way we see the world. This limited edition is bound in a high quality Franconia cloth with gold stamping, attractively illustrated with 50 photographs, wrapped in the original jacket and housed in a specially made slipcase.