Focuses on the relationship between author and reader, describing reading as the art of extracting essences from books for our own, not the author's benefit. This book defines bookmanship as the art of adjusting literature to life. It describes reading as a courtship ending in a collaboration.
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Focuses on the relationship between author and reader, describing reading as the art of extracting essences from books for our own, not the author's benefit. This book defines bookmanship as the art of adjusting literature to life. It describes reading as a courtship ending in a collaboration.
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Add this copy of The Reading of Books to cart. $17.68, good condition, Sold by Anybook rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Lincoln, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1946 by Faber & Faber.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 400grams, ISBN:
Add this copy of The Reading of Books to cart. $18.75, good condition, Sold by Second Story Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Rockville, MD, UNITED STATES, published 1947 by Charles Scribner's Sons.
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Book. Octavo; pp 292; G+/Fair; sunned blue spine with beige text; first Scribner's edition with "A" stamped to copyright page; dust jacket exterior shows some age toning; several chips to edges; mylar wrap to jacket; cloth exterior has very slight wear; minor edge wear; good, intact binding; straight boards; text block exterior edges have modestly age toned; mild offsetting to endpapers; interior pages good. 1358480. FP New Rockville Stock.
Add this copy of The Reading of Books to cart. $37.58, fair condition, Sold by Wonder Book - Member ABAA/ILAB rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Frederick, MD, UNITED STATES.
Add this copy of The Reading of Books to cart. $45.00, poor condition, Sold by Chapter 1 Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Johannesburg, SOUTH AFRICA, published 1946 by Faber and Faber Limited.
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Poor. No Jacket. 292 pages (complete). An inconsiderately stored book. The cover has been much bashed about. The spine, which has the covering absent, has been neatly repaired with tape. The cover has wear and marks. Inside, the frontispage has annotations and wear. The pages are mild-mannered, annotated neatly in pencil, clear, assured and generous. fk.
