- Bib ID:
- 7374223
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Romney, J. P, author
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Description:
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- New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2017]
- ©2017
- xvii, 353 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- ISBN:
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- 9780062412317 (hardcover)
- 0062412310 (hardcover)
- Summary:
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"A lighthearted history of printed books is told through absurd moments in the lives of authors and printers as collected by a popular rare book expert"--
- Full contents:
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- What do you reckon this is?
- How to forge a rare book
- Forgetting Mr. Gooseflesh
- Trees of truth
- Making the round world flat
- Bad Shakespeare
- Benjamin Franklin makes it rain
- Angelic visions and deadly terrors
- The memoir that killed her memory
- American bookaneers
- When doves cry
- Blifter!
- Nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [287]-338) and index.
- Subject:
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- Other authors/contributors:
- Romney, Rebecca, author
- Copyright:
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Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2017
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