This book features a selection of essays from the early days of the book to current times when some claim the book could become an endangered species. Each writer relates a lifelong relationship with the book as a friend, source of inspiration, educational tool, an object to collect or give as a gift, or as a philosophical ally in one's darkest days. Among the writers included: Colette, Franklin, Petrarch, Poe, Lamb, Douglass, Thoreau, Hazlitt, Fuller, Gissing, Eliot, as well as contemporary authors. Printed on 80 lb. Cream ...
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This book features a selection of essays from the early days of the book to current times when some claim the book could become an endangered species. Each writer relates a lifelong relationship with the book as a friend, source of inspiration, educational tool, an object to collect or give as a gift, or as a philosophical ally in one's darkest days. Among the writers included: Colette, Franklin, Petrarch, Poe, Lamb, Douglass, Thoreau, Hazlitt, Fuller, Gissing, Eliot, as well as contemporary authors. Printed on 80 lb. Cream White Mohawk Vellum in 12 Bookman type, with a letterpress cover printed on an antique press.
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Add this copy of The Romance of the Book to cart. $12.95, good condition, Sold by Defunct Books rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Nashville, TN, UNITED STATES, published 1995 by Birch Brook Press.
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Good. Book Cover has edge wear, minor creases, minor scratches, small bent/rubbed cover/page corners, rubbed spine. Stamped and owner's imprint on half-title page. No writing in text.
Add this copy of The Romance of the Book to cart. $24.95, very good condition, Sold by George Lyon rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Alexandria, VA, UNITED STATES, published 1995 by Birch Brook Press.
Add this copy of The Romance of the Book to cart. $40.81, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1995 by Birch Brook Pr.
Add this copy of The Romance of the Book to cart. $44.00, good condition, Sold by Bison Books rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from winnipeg, MB, CANADA, published 1995 by Birch Brook Press.
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pp. 189. 8vo. Bound in grey cloth with pictorial front board, gilt and red lettering. Ex-library; rubber stamps to ffep and foredge, no other lib. markings; very good-. This copy of The Romance of the Book is number 127 in an edition limited to 150 and is signed by the editor.
