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Material Type: | Internet resource |
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Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
James Ward |
ISBN: | 9781846686160 1846686164 9781846686153 1846686156 9781847658715 1847658717 |
OCLC Number: | 935817375 |
Description: | VIII, 279 Seiten Illustrationen 20 cm |
Responsibility: | [James Ward] |
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Publisher Synopsis
An endlessly fascinating and witty book -- Shaun Usher, editor of * Letters of Note * A heartfelt paean to stationery -- Marcus Berkmann * Daily Mail * There are 1,000 fascinating, funny, silly and scientific stationery stories in this book - as many as there are uses for Blu Tack -- Iain Finlayson * Saga * This book is for anyone who perved over Stabilo Boss pens in Ryman as a youth...Nostalgia with a rubber on the end * Monocle * The books to bounce you straight into autumn: just in time for the new school term, James Ward's Adventures in Stationery explores that satisfying feeling one gets from the first fresh sheet of a Moleskine and what a particular variation of pen says about you * Vogue * Elegantly written ... James Ward has ensured we won't need another book on stationery for a very long time indeed -- Andrew Martin * Observer * Ward writes with a blend of wit, unhealthy obsession and pure love. Here is high-class pornography for the stationery enthusiast -- Alexander Gilmour * FT * James Ward investigates the drama of the desk tidy...many questions you never thought to ask when chewing your Bic are answered smartly in black ink on white paper in geeky detail -- Iain Finlayson * Times * Read more...

