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The Book on the Bookshelf - Henry Petroski
The Book on the Bookshelf
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Format: ebook
ISBN: 9781299115804 (1299115802)
Publisher: Vintage Books
Edition language: English
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nouveau
nouveau rated it
3.0 The Book on the Bookshelf
competent rather than stunning, inclusive rather than unified, -- and written, most probably, under the simple rubric, 'a book about books has to get some readers, engineer Henry Petroski can write, but doesn't stun or immediately derive a rabid following. much of the book is concerned with bookshel...
Itinerant Librarian on Books
Itinerant Librarian on Books rated it
2.0 The Book on the Bookshelf
This is a history of bookshelves, and how people have been organizing books since the time we had books as scrolls. His main argument is that the book shelf evolved as people needed better ways to store and arrange books; it came forth out of necessity. The idea is an intriguing one, and there is a ...
The Moth Eaten Shelf
The Moth Eaten Shelf rated it
2.0 The Book on the Bookshelf
If I hadn't worked in a university library for 4 years, I might have found the book a bit more enjoyable; as such, I would not recommend this book to biblioholics, as you probably well versed in bibliohistory already.
mrsbond
mrsbond rated it
Realized my inner-book-nerd while reading this. This is not so much about what's in the book, more about how the book is constructed, shelved and shared. Despite savoring every page (and rereading the occasional chapter), still feel the need to reread. Totally not what I expected.
BiblioSquirrell
BiblioSquirrell rated it
4.0 The Book on the Bookshelf
This book has been sitting -- where else? -- on my bookshelf for a couple years, and I've just cracked it open in the past week. It's a very enjoyable walk through the development of furniture that houses books (and papyri, etc. in ages past). In fact, it made me want to create an installation of a ...
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