Nice clean copy in the dust jacket within a mylar protector. 240 pages with index. A history of the production of books thrrough the ages from antiquity to the present (1957). Discuses the printing, design, selling, reading, and collecting of books. Has a useful bibliograpy, tho dated, with comments on the titles.

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Title

The Life of the Book. How the Book is Written, Published, Printed, Sold , and Read.

Publisher

Abelard-Schuman, London and New York

Publication Date

1957

Binding

Hardcover

Illustrator

Kredel, Fritz

Edition

First Edition

Condition

Collectible-Fine

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Barry Cassidy Rare Books
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