The Book On the Bookshelf

by Petroski, Henry

Henry Petroski is the Alexander S.Vesic Professor of Engineering and Professor of History at Duke University, where he also serves as chairman of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. He lives in Durham, North Carolina.

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1999
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New York: A.A.Knopf , 1999 Book. As New. Trade Paperback. 1st Pbk Edition. Investigates the development of the bookshelf and discusses the different ways in which it is intertwined with the creation of the book. x, 290p. illus. bibliography, index.
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New York: Vintage Books. 2000. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and Drawings. x, 290 pages. The history of the development of the book and the bookshelf. . 1st thus. Softcover.
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1999. Pp. [ii]+x+292(last colophon), text illustrations and decorations, appendix, notes, bibliography, index; small med. 8vo; pictorial stiff paper wrappers; Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1999. First edition, paperback. *Explores the ways in which the housing of books evolved.
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