What do reading a book, smoking a cigarette, throwing confetti and voting in an election have in common? The answer, of course, is paper. Paper serves nearly every function of our lives. It is the technology with which we have made sense of the world. Yet the age of paper is ending. Ebooks now outsell their physical counterparts. Still, there are some uses of paper that seem unlikely to change - Christmas won't be Christmas without wrapped presents or crackers. And the language of paper - documents, files and folders - has ...
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What do reading a book, smoking a cigarette, throwing confetti and voting in an election have in common? The answer, of course, is paper. Paper serves nearly every function of our lives. It is the technology with which we have made sense of the world. Yet the age of paper is ending. Ebooks now outsell their physical counterparts. Still, there are some uses of paper that seem unlikely to change - Christmas won't be Christmas without wrapped presents or crackers. And the language of paper - documents, files and folders - has survived digitisation. In Paper: An Elegy Ian Sansom builds a museum of paper and explores its paradox - its vulnerability and durability. This book is a timely meditation on the very paper it's printed on.
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Add this copy of Paper: an Elegy to cart. $4.26, good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Reno rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Reno, NV, UNITED STATES, published 2012 by Fourth Estate.
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Very good jacket. First Edition. Red boards with gilt title on spine. A clean, tight copy throughout. No markings. Dust jacket has litttle wear along the edges. ALL ITEMS ARE SENT BY ROYAL MAIL.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. 9780007480265. Size: 8"-9" Tall. Quantity Available: 1. Category: History; ISBN: 0007480261. ISBN/EAN: 9780007480265. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 32847.
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Can't review for content, it was bought as a present and I hope to read it when the like-minded recipient has frist. I consider the appearance of the book to have it's own importance and physically the book looks interesting, a good format with a good loose cover and well presented. It also matches matches the details given in your descriptionIt combines the promise of a study which is both serious and accesible.
