Investigates the development of the bookshelf and discusses the ways in which it is intertwined with the creation of the book. x, 290 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. A 'near new' copy - bright, clean, unmarked. Tight binding - no spine creases. Accurate postage, with options, AT COST, to your location ? Variety of speeds, packaging, tracking etc available. We offer discounted Canada Post Rates. Also, USPS to the USA, $8.50-$12.00. Books under 9.5? tall can be shipped anywhere in Canada for US$13.00 ? boxed/tracked/faster. Online sites are not able to factor in weight, size, speed and other issues into their ?estimated? postal rates. Image/s available. Please enquire.

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Bibliographic Details

Title

The Book on the Bookshelf

Publisher

Alfred a Knopf Inc, New York City

Publication Date

1999

Language

English

ISBN 10

0375406492

ISBN 13

9780375406492

Binding

Soft cover

Edition

1st Edition

Condition

About Fine

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Synopsis

Tracing the evolution of the book and its companion, the bookshelf, an intriguing study ranges from the scrolls of antiquity to the modern-day volume, explaining how the art of book storage evolved, and discusses such topics as libraries, bookselling, book collection, and book buying throughout history. 25,000 first printing. Tour.

About the Author

Henry Petroski is the Aleksandar S. Vesic Professor of Civil Engineering and Professor of History at Duke University, where he also serves as chairman of the department of civil and environmental engineering. Before moving to Duke in 1980, he was on the faculty of the University of Texas at Austin and on the staff of Argonne National Laboratory.

His books include: To Engineer is Human, which he also adapted for a BBC-television documentary; The Pencil; The Evolution of Useful Things; Design Paradigms; Engineers of Dreams; Invention by Design; and Remaking the World. He also writes the engineering column in American Scientist, and lectures widely.

Henry Petroski has been a Guggenheim Fellow

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