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Item specifics
- Condition
- ISBN
- 9780393244793
- Book Title
- Book : a Cover-To-Cover Exploration of the Most Powerful Object of Our Time
- Item Length
- 8.5in
- Publisher
- Norton & Company, Incorporated, w. w.
- Publication Year
- 2016
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.6in
- Genre
- Literary Criticism, History, Crafts & Hobbies
- Topic
- Book Printing & Binding, World, Books & Reading
- Item Width
- 5.9in
- Item Weight
- 32.6 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 448 Pages
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Product Information
We may love books, but do we know what lies behind them? In The Book, Keith Houston reveals that the paper, ink, thread, glue, and board from which a book is made tell as rich a story as the words on its pages--of civilizations, empires, human ingenuity, and madness. In an invitingly tactile history of this 2,000-year-old medium, Houston follows the development of writing, printing, the art of illustrations, and binding to show how we have moved from cuneiform tablets and papyrus scrolls to the hardcovers and paperbacks of today. Sure to delight book lovers of all stripes with its lush, full-color illustrations, The Book gives us the momentous and surprising history behind humanity's most important--and universal--information technology.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Norton & Company, Incorporated, w. w.
ISBN-10
0393244792
ISBN-13
9780393244793
eBay Product ID (ePID)
219202908
Product Key Features
Book Title
Book : a Cover-To-Cover Exploration of the Most Powerful Object of Our Time
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Book Printing & Binding, World, Books & Reading
Publication Year
2016
Genre
Literary Criticism, History, Crafts & Hobbies
Number of Pages
448 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.5in
Item Height
1.6in
Item Width
5.9in
Item Weight
32.6 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Z4
Reviews
Invitingly tactile...Sure to delight book lovers of all stripes with its lush, full-color illustrations, The Book gives us the momentous and surprising history behind humanity's most important--and universal--information technology., [A] masterful andoverwhelmingly entertaining volume, both an homage to the book and one itselfto be cherished by readers everywhere., Houston's fixation with this object is adelight, and his understanding of how history is written and his cleardelineation between speculation and established fact are very refreshing., Erudite, playful, and illuminating...Houston is both witty and intensely detailed, thus appealing both to general readers and to bibliophiles who will wish to know the specifics of making papyrus, of stitching together pages, and of learning how we arrived at today's paper sizes...A splendid, challenging mixture of information and fun., If you love books, love the feel of a book in your hands, the heft and smell, the swish of a turned page and the satisfying thump of the cover -- and you must or you wouldn't be reading this -- have I got the book for you. . . . The bookiest of books. . . . Houston. . . writes with zest. He's an enthusiast if not an obsessive, with a voracious appetite for details, from the daily grind in a medieval scriptorium to the intricate workings of a modern offset press. . . . The Book is nothing if not user-friendly., If you love books, love the feel of a book in your hands, the heft and smell, the swish of a turned page and the satisfying thump of the cover--and you must or you wouldn't be reading this--have I got the book for you...The bookiest of books...Houston...writes with zest. He's an enthusiast if not an obsessive, with a voracious appetite for details, from the daily grind in a medieval scriptorium to the intricate workings of a modern offset press...The Book is nothing if not user-friendly., Mr. Houston savors evocative detail...As befits its subject, The Book is pleasingly designed--with an offbeat self-consciousness about its sturdy appearance--and Mr. Houston's unapologetic nerdiness is matched by a jaunty style...Mr. Houston is an eager, affable guide, and his detailed history is a welcome reminder that this 'unrepentantly analog contraption' is one of the truly great pieces of technology., Keith Houston's deft history of the object wraps entire civilizations into the telling, propelling us through the evolution of writing, printing, binding and illustration with gusto., Everybody who has ever read a book will benefit from the way Keith Houston explores the most powerful object of our time. And everybody who has read it will agree that reports of the book's death have been greatly exaggerated., Savor this deeply researched love letter to every bibliophiles favorite thing...a scholarly and light-hearted review of everything you want to know on the origins of the written language, the media upon which it is captured, and its methods of illustration, reproduction, and distribution., Invitingly tactile. . . . Sure to delight book lovers of all stripes with its lush, full-color illustrations, THE BOOK gives us the momentous and surprising history behind humanity's most important--and universal--information technology., This witty and mischievous tome traces the evolution from papyrus to paperback in 448 pages. It's an optimistic ode to one of mankind's greatest inventions, which continues to thrive even against the onslaught of e-readers., A love letter to the physical book, this is a fascinating and erudite telling of how it came into being...Hugely enlightening., Hundreds of books about books have been published during the past century. . . I will not claim that this one is the very best of all time. Yet The Book is possibly the best of our time., Everybody who has ever reada book will benefit from the way Keith Houston explores the most powerfulobject of our time. And everybody who has read it will agree that reports ofthe book's death have been greatly exaggerated., A love letter to the physical book, this is a fascinating and erudite telling of how it came into being. . . . Hugely enlightening., Houston's fixation with this object is a delight, and his understanding of how history is written and his clear delineation between speculation and established fact are very refreshing., This witty and mischievoustome traces the evolution from papyrus to paperback in 448 pages. It's anoptimistic ode to one of mankind's greatest inventions, which continues tothrive even against the onslaught of e-readers., This engaging volume should satisfy a wide cross-section of book lovers, history buffs, and those interested in the dynamic relationship among language, the written word, and human ingenuity., Mr. Houston savors evocative detail. . . . As befits its subject, The Book is pleasingly designed--with an offbeat self-consciousness about its sturdy appearance--and Mr. Houston's unapologetic nerdiness is matched by a jaunty style. . . . Mr. Houston is an eager, affable guide, and his detailed history is a welcome reminder that this 'unrepentantly analog contraption' is one of the truly great pieces of technology., [A] masterful and overwhelmingly entertaining volume, both an homage to the book and one itself to be cherished by readers everywhere., Erudite, playful, and illuminating. . . . Houston is both witty and intensely detailed, thus appealing both to general readers and to bibliophiles who will wish to know the specifics of making papyrus, of stitching together pages, and of learning how we arrived at today's paper sizes. . . . A splendid, challenging mixture of information and fun., Savor this deeplyresearched love letter to every bibliophiles favorite thing . . . a scholarlyand light-hearted review of everything you want to know on the origins of thewritten language, the media upon which it is captured, and its methods ofillustration, reproduction, and distribution.
Copyright Date
2016
Lccn
2016-002842
Dewey Decimal
002.09
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
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