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Paper: An Elegy, a Celebration of the Age of Paper.
by Sansom, Ian
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0007480261
- ISBN 13
- 9780007480265
- Seller
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Annandale, New South Wales, Australia
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About This Item
London: Fourth Estate, 2012. 1st ed.. Hardback small octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), black & white drawings, pages faintly toned, minor edgewear jacket, remainder marks bottom edge. 230 pp. Ian Sansom, an English professor of English, provides a brief quotable history and appreciation of paper in all its forms and uses (not just for books). But also a cultural study, and a series of personal reflections, on the timeless meaning of paper. Looks at the paradoxes of this man-made material, and shows how some types of paper will always be with us. For example, although e-books are making inroads into physical books, we will always need paper to wrap Christmas presents.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookhome Sydney (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 29238
- Title
- Paper: An Elegy, a Celebration of the Age of Paper.
- Author
- Sansom, Ian
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0007480261
- ISBN 13
- 9780007480265
- Publisher
- Fourth Estate
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2012
- Keywords
- reference, quotations, history, literature, communication, paper, books
Terms of Sale
Bookhome Sydney
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About the Seller
Bookhome Sydney
Biblio member since 2004
Annandale, New South Wales
About Bookhome Sydney
Friendly family-owned internet bookshop located in Sydney's inner west. Selling books since 1998 (online since 2000). A broad range of quality secondhand and antiquarian books, particularly Australian history and society (Australiana), psychology, health, animals/pets, environment, science, religion, books for children. Mostly nonfiction.
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- Jacket
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- Octavo
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