ISBN10: 0375406492, ISBN13: 9780375406492, [publisher: Alfred a Knopf Inc -] Hardcover Shipped within 24 hours from our UK warehouse. Clean, undamaged book with no damage to pages and minimal wear to the cover. Spine still tight, in very good condition. Remember if you are not happy, you are covered by our 100% money back guarantee.
[Reading, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1999]

Knopf 1999-09-14 Hardcover New Size: 96x20x156; New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

ISBN10: 0375406492, ISBN13: 9780375406492, [publisher: Alfred a Knopf Inc] Hardcover The Book on the Bookshelf This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. .
[Wallingford, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1999]

Westminister, Maryland, U.S.A. Alfred A. Knopf Inc 1999 3d Ptg. Hardcover As New in As New jacket Book 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.

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[Houston, TX, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1999]

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[Long Beach, CA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1999]

New York Alfred A. Knopf 1999 First Edition; Second Printing Hardcover Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dust jacket.; 9.10 X 5.80 X 1.20 inches; 304 pages.

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]

ISBN10: 0375406492, ISBN13: 9780375406492, [publisher: Alfred A. Knopf : Distributed by Random House] Softcover x, 290 p.
[Fuefuki-shi, Yamanashi Pref., Japan] [Publication Year: 1999]
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ISBN10: 0375406492, ISBN13: 9780375406492, [publisher: Knopf] Hardcover
[Austin, TX, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1999]

New York, NY, U.S.A. Alfred A. Knopf Incorporated 1999 First Edition Hardcover As New in As New jacket Book (1st) Large, sturdy book, red spine, dark yellow boards, very bright gilt lettering and ornate design on all of spine, 290 pages. DJ beneath mylar, glossy and colorfully designed and illustrated with books on a bookshelf, front and back left, praise for Petroski's books by Gay Talese, Anthony Day, and others. DJ and book, both As New.

ISBN10: 0375406492, ISBN13: 9780375406492, [publisher: Knopf] Hardcover
[Denver, CO, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1999]

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[Tijeras, NM, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1999]

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[Denver, CO, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1999]

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.
[Wellfleet, MA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1999]

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 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: Knopf] Hardcover Buy with confidence! Book is in new, never-used condition
[Amherst, NY, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1999]

New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Vg/Vg. Pages: 290.. Date: 1999. 1st. Hardcover.. 1999. Alfred A. Knopf ISBN 0375406492 9780375406492 [US]

New York, NY, U.S.A. Knopf 1999 1st Edition Hardcover Fine in Fine jacket Book. 8vo-over 7¾-9¾" tall.

ISBN10: 0375406492, ISBN13: 9780375406492, [publisher: Knopf, New York, NY, U.S.A.] Hardcover First Edition
[Fishers, IN, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1999]

Alfred A Knopf 1999 Third Printing. Hardcover Fine in Fine jacket pp.290 with index clean tight copy Size: 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall.

ISBN10: 0375406492, ISBN13: 9780375406492, [publisher: Knopf] Hardcover First Edition Stated first edition. No other printings are listed. Unclipped, mylar protected dust jacket. Both the book and the DJ are as new. Not a remainder.
[Gillette, WY, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1999]
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ISBN10: 0375406492, ISBN13: 9780375406492, [publisher: Knopf September 1999] Hardcover
[Anacortes, WA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1999]

Alfred A Knopf Inc 1999 Hard cover This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has soft covers. Clean from markings. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 450grams, ISBN: 0375406492.