Hardcover paper illustrated boards with red spine and white titling on cover spine and cover with decorated endpapers. Includes color and b/w illustrations, Further Reading, Notes and Index, 428 pages. The exception to the condition is a smudge on the front cover. No DJ as issued.

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Bibliographic Details

Title: The Book: A Cover-to-Cover Exploration of the Most Powerful Object of Our Time
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, New York/London
Publication Date: 2016
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0393244792
ISBN 13: 9780393244793
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 1st Edition
Condition: As New

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Synopsis

"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."― Erik Spiekermann, typographer

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.

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About the Author

Keith Houston is the author of Face with Tears of Joy, Empire of the Sum, Shady Characters, and The Book. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, the Financial Times, and on Mental Floss, BBC Culture, and Literary Hub. He lives in Linlithgow, Scotland.

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