The Book: A Cover-To-Cover Exploration of the Most Powerful Object of Our Time by Keith Houston

The Book: A Cover-To-Cover Exploration of the Most Powerful Object of Our Time

Keith Houston

448 pages paperback 2016

8 editions

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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. In an invitingly tactile history of this 2,000-year-old medium, Houston follows the developme...

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