Books Are Basic: The Essential Lawrence Clark Powell.
by Powell, Lawrence Clark; edited by John David Marshall
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- BINDING/CONDITION: dark brown cloth; a Near Fine book, with a Very Good+ dust jacket.
- ISBN 10
- 0816509522
- ISBN 13
- 9780816509522
- Seller
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Oroville, California, United States
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About This Item
Tucson, Arizona:: University of Arizona Press, 1986.. 2nd Printing.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: dark brown cloth; a Near Fine book, with a Very Good+ dust jacket.. small 8vo (about 7.5 inches tall) . Bibliography. Green endpapers. Description: Book and dust jacket design by Christopher Stinehour. Portrait frontis. ''John David Marshall has combed Powell's books, articles, essays, and reviews to fashion a collection of quotations that best reflects the man and his intellectual passions. The quotations are grouped under four headings: On Books and Reading; On Libraries, Librarians, and Librarianship; On Writers and Writing; and On Lawrence Clark Powell. ''I know about books'', writes Powell, ''I have lived with them all my life, have collected a million and a half for my university, and a few for myself. Have written some, read many; and best of all, led other people to read.'' Originally published in 1985, this is a later printing.
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- Bookseller
- The Bookworm (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 066700
- Title
- Books Are Basic: The Essential Lawrence Clark Powell.
- Author
- Powell, Lawrence Clark; edited by John David Marshall
- Format/Binding
- Hardbound
- Book Condition
- Used - BINDING/CONDITION: dark brown cloth; a Near Fine book, with a Very Good+ dust jacket.
- Edition
- 2nd Printing.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0816509522
- ISBN 13
- 9780816509522
- Publisher
- University of Arizona Press
- Place of Publication
- Tucson, Arizona:
- Date Published
- 1986.
- Pages
- 95 pages.
- Size
- small 8vo (about 7.5 inches tall
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