The Pencil - Hardcover
Petroski's witty and unexpected history of the pencil includes a wide range of characters: from the American philosopher Henry David Thoreau, and Toulouse-Lautrec, who declared, 'I am a pencil', to the great nineteenth-century manufacturing families, such as Dixon and Faber. Petroski charmingly celebrates the design history of one of mankind's most essential, and yet undervalued, tools.
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Henry Petroski is Aleksandar S. Vesic Professor of Civil Engineering and Professor of History at Duke University. His many books include The Pencil, The Essential Engineer, Invention by Design, and To Engineer is Human, as well as writing and presenting the acclaimed BBC series of the same name.
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'One of those great books that starts a genre. A witty liaison between folk history and deconstruction, it manages to be both wide-angle lens and microscope. Enthralling.' Stephen Bayley
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- PublisherFaber & Faber, London
- Publication date1990
- ISBN 10 0571161820
- ISBN 13 9780571161829
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages448
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Faber and Faber, London, 1990. Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First UK Edition. Absorbing history of the pencil and the pencil-making business by an author who combines the perspectives of historian and engineer. The invention, craftsmanship, engineering, manufacture, business and cultural life of the humble pencil. Illustrations. Appendix. Notes. Bibliography. Index. FINE hardcover book in FINE dust-jacket. Not remainder marked. Not price-clipped. Not a book club edition. Not an ex-library copy. Very little edge wear to the jacket. Little bowed to the hardboard. The interior and text pages are free from any marks. 14cm x 24cm x 4cm (5 1/4" x 9 1/2'' x 1 3/4") 434 pages. Henry Petroski, Ph.D (1942-) is an American engineer specializing in failure analysis. A professor both of civil engineering and history at Duke University. Free Shipping for US and Canadian buyers. International buyers, please contact before ordering. *****. Seller Inventory # 0001
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