New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Fine copy in fine dust jacket. Date: 1999. 1st. hardcover. 8vo, 290 pp. . 1999. Alfred A. Knopf ISBN 0375406492 9780375406492 [US]

ISBN10: 0375406492, ISBN13: 9780375406492, [publisher: New York: Alfred A. Knopf] Hardcover 2nd printing. Octavo. B&W illustrations. Fine in fine DJ. Pages: x, 291.
[Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1999]

ISBN10: 0375406492, ISBN13: 9780375406492, [publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, New York] Hardcover First Edition 8vo, 290 pp.
[Pittsford, NY, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1999]

ISBN10: 0375406492, ISBN13: 9780375406492, [publisher: Alfred A. Knopf., New York.] Hardcover x, 290pp, illustrations. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
[sheffield, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1999]
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ISBN10: 0375406492, ISBN13: 9780375406492, [publisher: Knopf] Hardcover 1999. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good.
[Chicago, IL, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1999]

ISBN10: 0375406492, ISBN13: 9780375406492, [publisher: Knopf] Hardcover 1999. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good.
[Chicago, IL, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1999]

ISBN10: 0375406492, ISBN13: 9780375406492, [publisher: Alfred A. Knopf : Distributed by Random House, New York, first edition, 1999] Hardcover First Edition Two-tone paper-covered boards, 8vo, 25 cm, x, 290, [2] pp, over 60 ills. From the blurb - ".Petroski turns to the subject of books and bookshelves, and wonders whether it was inevitable that books would come to be arranged vertically as they are today on horizontal shelves. As we learn how the ancient scroll became the codex became the volume we are used to, we explore the ways in which the housing of books evolved. Petroski takes us into 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. He shows us that for a time books were shelved with their spines in, and it was not until after the arrival of the modern bookcase that the spines faced out. In delightful digressions, Petroski lets Seneca have his say on 'the evils of book collecting'; examines the famed collection of Samuel Pepys (only three thousand titles: old discarded to make room for new); and discusses bookselling, book buying, and book collecting through the centuries. Richly illustrated and wonderfully written, this is the ultimate book on the book: how it came to be and how we have come to keep it." ...
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Knopf, Date: 1999-09-14. Hardcover. Good. 1999. Knopf ISBN 0375406492 9780375406492 [US]

Knopf 1999 hardcover Torn/worn dj. Good hardcover with some shelfwear; may have previous owner's name inside. Standard-sized.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Fine copy in fine dust jacket. Date: 1999. 2nd prt.. hardcover. 8vo, 290 pp. . 1999. Alfred A. Knopf ISBN 0375406492 9780375406492 [US]

ISBN10: 0375406492, ISBN13: 9780375406492, [publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, New York] Hardcover 8vo, 290 pp.
[Pittsford, NY, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1999]

ISBN10: 0375406492, ISBN13: 9780375406492, [publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, New York] Hardcover First Edition 3rd printing (October 1999). 290pp. Near Fine/Near Fine copy, now preserved in archival jacket protector
[London, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1999]
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ISBN10: 0375406492, ISBN13: 9780375406492, [publisher: New York: Alfred A. Knopf] Hardcover Second printing, octavo, pp. x, 292. Illustrations. Very Good in the publisher's gilt-stamped rust-colored cloth over boards. Illustrated dust jacket Very Good and ensconced in a sheet or archival Brodart.
[Ellsworth, ME, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1999]

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ISBN10: 0375406492, ISBN13: 9780375406492, [publisher: Knopf] Hardcover
[Victoria, BC, Canada] [Publication Year: 1999]

New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Fine copy in fine dust jacket. Date: 1999. 1st. hardcover. 8vo, 290 pp. . 1999. Alfred A. Knopf ISBN 0375406492 9780375406492 [US]

Alfred A. Knopf, Date: 1999. 1st printing. Tight and unmarked, NF/NF. 290pp. Very nice unclipped jacket now in a new mylar cover.. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. 1999. Alfred A. Knopf ISBN 0375406492 9780375406492 [US]

New York Alfred A. Knopf 1999 1st hardcover Well-illustrated Fine copy in fine dust jacket 8vo, 290 pp.

ISBN10: 0375406492, ISBN13: 9780375406492, [publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, New York] Hardcover First Edition 8vo, 290 pp.
[Pittsford, NY, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1999]

ISBN10: 0375406492, ISBN13: 9780375406492, [publisher: Knopf, New York] Hardcover First Edition Gilt lettering on orange & tan covers in a pictorial dust jacket. 8vo, 304pp.
[Lancaster, PA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1999]

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Alfred A. Knopf Incorporated, Date: 1999, 1999. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. ISBN:0375406492. AS NEW FIRST EDITION PAPERBACK.. 1999. New York, NY, U.S.A.: Alfred A. Knopf Incorporated, 1999 ISBN 0375406492 9780375406492 [US]

ISBN10: 0375406492, ISBN13: 9780375406492, [publisher: Knopf] Hardcover SHIPS FROM USA. Used books have different signs of use and do not include supplemental materials such as CDs, Dvds, Access Codes, charts or any other extra material. All used books might have various degrees of writing, highliting and wear and tear and possibly be an ex-library with the usual stickers and stamps. Dust Jackets are not guaranteed and when still present, they will have various degrees of tear and damage. All images are Stock Photos, not of the actual item.
[Portland, ME, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1999]

ISBN10: 0375406492, ISBN13: 9780375406492, [publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Inc.] Hardcover First Edition Copyright Date: 1999 Sm Quarto, , PP.290,
[St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1999]

Alfred A Knopf Inc 1999 First Edition. Hardcover Very Good in Very Good jacket Size: 8vo-over 7? "-9? " tall; Type: Hardback Alfred A Knopf Inc., 1999. First Edition. Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket in Fine Condition. Very clean and unmarked book in burnt-orange and cream binding; upper front corner has small crease, spine head and heel shelf-compressed. Sewn binding tight & solid, square with sharp corners; no former owner notations. Jacket not price-clipped, slight edgewear. Books and book shelves-from the ancient scroll to the codex as the book we know today, Petroski takes the reader into the pre-Gutenberg world, where books were chained to lecterns for security; to how the printing press evolved and changed the way books were made and shelved, and how their availability eventually transformed book readers into owners and collectors; and to how books are shelved--and the history of, yes, shelving and storage of books. Books, book selling, book collecting, book buying through the centuries. There are numerous illustrations and some diagrams throughout the book, in black and white--for example, the fifteenth-century scholar with a second lectern mounted above his lectern desk; a diagram of the British Museum Reading Room; the Wren Library of Trinity College; Agostino Ramelli's fanciful bookwheel that was illustrated in his 1588 theatre of machines; St John Curing the Lion, a 1492 woodcut by Albrecht Durer; and many more. 290 pages with Appendix, Notes, Bibliography, and ...

Knopf, Date: 1999-09-14. Hardcover. Used:Good. 1999. Knopf ISBN 0375406492 9780375406492 [US]