ISBN10: 0375406492, ISBN13: 9780375406492, [publisher: New York: Alfred A. Knopf] Hardcover X, 290 p.: Ill. Aus der Bibliothek von Prof. Wolfgang Haase, langjährigem Herausgeber der ANRW und des International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT) / From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - Schutzumschlag leicht berieben und mit leichten Randläsuren, Vorderschnitt ungleichmäßig und faserig, Bleistifteintrag auf Vorsatz / dust jacket lightly rubbed and with light edgewear, fore-edge uneven and stringy, pencil entry on endpaper. - He has been called "the poet laureate of technology" and a writer who is "erudite, witty, thoughtful, and accessible." Now Henry 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, ...
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ISBN10: 0375406492, ISBN13: 9780375406492, [publisher: Knopf] Hardcover Very Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.
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ISBN10: 0375406492, ISBN13: 9780375406492, [publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group] Hardcover First Edition Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.
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ISBN10: 0375406492, ISBN13: 9780375406492, [publisher: Knopf] Hardcover Very Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.
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ISBN10: 0375406492, ISBN13: 9780375406492, [publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Incorporated, New York, NY, U.S.A.] Hardcover First Edition Small remainder mark on bottom edge. 290 pgs.
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ISBN10: 0375406492, ISBN13: 9780375406492, [publisher: Alfred A Knopf Inc] Hardcover First Edition 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, ...
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ISBN10: 0375406492, ISBN13: 9780375406492, [publisher: Knopf] Hardcover Water damaged/stained inner dj. Some dj scuffs. Text is mostly clean readable.
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ISBN10: 0375406492, ISBN13: 9780375406492, [publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, New York] Softcover First Edition x, 290 pp. Rubbing to the cover edges. Bookstore stamp inside the front cover. The binding is tight and square, and the text is clean.
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ISBN10: 0375406492, ISBN13: 9780375406492, [publisher: Knopf] Hardcover First Edition This hardcover book is square and tight. The boards and spine have no wear with pristine gilt. The pages and endpages are clean, with no markings or folds. The dustjacket is As New, save a tiny fold at the lower corner of the inner flap. Original Price is intact. Not ex-lib. No remainder mark.
[Lexington, SC, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1999]

ISBN10: 0375406492, ISBN13: 9780375406492, [publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Incorporated] Hardcover Another wonderful book from Henry Petroski, this time he brings his wit and wonderful research skills to the woirld of the bookshelf and bookcases and as always so much more. No highlighting, underlining, margin notes, or former owner's name. Appears to have never been read. Current list price: $26.00.
[Plantation, FL, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1999]

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ISBN10: 0375406492, ISBN13: 9780375406492, [publisher: Knopf] Hardcover First Edition Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1999.FINE hardcover book in FINE mylar-protected dust-jacket. First Edition, First Printing. Pristine. As new. Unread.
[Sedro Woolley, WA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1999]

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ISBN10: 0375406492, ISBN13: 9780375406492, [publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Inc, Westminister, Maryland, U.S.A.] Hardcover Large book, orange spine, light yellow boards, address label at top of first front end paper, 290 pages plus brief biographical note, many illustrations throughout. DJ glossy beneath mylar with color-illustration of worn books on a shelf on front, spine and back, praise for Petroski's books on back from Anthony Day in Los Angeles Times, Gay Talese, Christopher Lehrmann-Haupt in New York Times and others. DJ and book, both As New.
[New Port Richey, FL, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1999]

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[Amherst, NY, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1999]

ISBN10: 0375406492, ISBN13: 9780375406492, [publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group] Hardcover First Edition Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.
[Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1999]

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]