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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Pearson, David, 1955- Books as history. London : British Library ; New Castle, DE : Oak Knoll Press, 2008 (OCoLC)682397687 |
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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
David Pearson |
| ISBN: | 9781584562337 1584562331 9780712349239 0712349235 |
| OCLC Number: | 231724429 |
| Description: | 208 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 27 cm. |
| Contents: | Books in history -- Books beyond texts -- Individuality within mass production -- Variety through ownership -- Variety through binding -- The collective value of historic libraries -- Values for the future -- Variety between copies : a case study. |
| Responsibility: | David Pearson. |
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Abstract:
People usually think of books in terms of their contents, their texts, with less thought for books as artefacts. In fact books may possess various kinds of potentially interesting qualities beyond their texts. This book shows why books may be interesting beyond their texts.
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