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The Library at Night

The Library at Night Paperback / softback - 2009

by Alberto Manguel

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Inspired by the process of creating a library for his 15th-century home near the Loire, in France, Manguel, the acclaimed writer on books and reading, has taken up the subject of libraries in this captivating meditation on their meaning and significance.

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Paperback / softback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; Offers a captivating meditation on the meaning of libraries. This title conducts a library tour that extends from the author's childhood bookshelves to the 'complete' libraries of the Internet, from Ancient Egypt and Greece to the Arab
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  • Title The Library at Night
  • Author Alberto Manguel
  • Binding Paperback / softback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Condition New
  • Pages 400
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Yale University Press, New Haven
  • Date 2009-04-01
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # ria9780300151305_inp
  • ISBN 9780300151305 / 0300151306
  • Weight 1.05 lbs (0.48 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.8 x 5.4 x 1.1 in (22.35 x 13.72 x 2.79 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Libraries, Books and reading - History
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2009291952
  • Dewey Decimal Code 027

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Alberto Manguel is an internationally acclaimed anthologist, translator, essayist, novelist, and editor, and the author of several award-winning books, including A Dictionary of Imaginary Places and A History of Reading.