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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Henry Petroski |
| ISBN: | 0375406492 9780375406492 |
| OCLC Number: | 40856918 |
| Description: | x, 290 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Contents: | ch. 1. Books on bookshelves -- ch. 2. From scrolls to codices -- ch. 3. Chests, cloisters, and carrels -- ch. 4. Chained to the desk -- ch. 5. Press of books -- ch. 6. Studying studies -- ch. 7. Up against the wall -- ch. 8. Books and bookshops -- ch. 9. Bookstack engineering -- ch. 10. Shelves that move -- ch. 11. Care of books. |
| Responsibility: | by Henry Petroski. |
| More information: |
Abstract:
Investigates the development of the bookshelf and discusses the ways in which it is intertwined with the creation of the book.
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