Category: Books on Books

The History of Reading

By: Alberto Manguel

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Viking Adult : 1996-09-01

Seller ID: 201010160011OFFNF18MA

ISBN-13: 9780670843022

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Excellent condition.

NY: Viking, 2006. First US Edition. Essays on the history of reading. Two promotional letters and a fold-out poster depicting the timeline of reading are laid-in. Near Fine with mild edgewear.
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Booknotes: America's Finest Authors on Reading, Writing, and the Power of Ideas

By: Brian Lamb

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Crown : 1997-06-17

Seller ID: 201010160041OFFNF18LA

ISBN-13: 9780812928471

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Excellent condition.

NY: Random House, 2001. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. Signed and dated in the year of publication. A collection of interviews from the television show Booknotes. Very Good with mild shelf wear.
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After Augustine: The Meditative Reader and the Text (Material Texts)

By: Brian Stock

Price: $40.00

Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press : 2001-04-25

Seller ID: 201010210091OFFNF16ST

ISBN-13: 9780812236026

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Excellent condition.

Pennsylvania Press, 2001. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. An analysis of self discovery through reading. Near Fine with mild edgewear.
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The Angel's Game

By: Carlos Ruiz Zafón; Translator-Lucia Graves

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Doubleday : 2009-06-16

Seller ID: 201010160141OFFFM33ZA

ISBN-13: 9780385528702

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Excellent condition.

NY: Doubleday, 2009. Paperback. Advanced Reader's Copy. Story of a young novelist in 1920's Barcelona. Fine.
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Old English Libraries: The Making, Collection, and Use of Books During the Middle Ages

By: Ernest A. Savage

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Thoemmes Press : 1977

Seller ID: 1703010001OFFFH44SA

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Bristol: Thoemes Press, 1977. Hardcover. No jacket, as issued. Reprint of the 1911 edition.
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Use of Books During the Middle Ages

By: Ernest Savafe

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Publisher : 1970

Seller ID: 201010210181OFFNF16SA

ISBN-13: 9780416174403

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used: Very Good

Bristol: Thoemmess Press, 1997. Hardcover. Reprint of the 1911 edition. A study of books during the middle ages.
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KEEPERS OF THE FLAME

By: Ian Hamilton

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Pimlico : 1993

Seller ID: 201010210021OFFNF16HA

ISBN-13: 9780712659703

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Excellent condition.

London: Pimlico, 1993. Paperback. A history of biography from Donne to Plath. Very Good condition with age toned pages.
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Why Read the Classics?

By: Italo Calvino

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Pantheon : 1999-08-24

Seller ID: 12060061OFFNF54CA

ISBN-13: 9780679415244

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

New York: Pantheon, 1999. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. Compendium of Calvino's essays on on the Western cannon. Near Fine with mild shelf wear.
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About the Author

By: John Colapinto

Price: $15.00

Publisher: HarperCollins : 2001-08-01

Seller ID: 200911020431OFFNF18CO

ISBN-13: 9780060194178

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: FIne

New York: HarperCollins, 2001. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. Signed. Near Fine.
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The Bookman's Wake

By: John Dunning

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Scribner : 1995-04-10

Seller ID: 072622008

ISBN-13: 9780684800035

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

New York: Scribner, 1995. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. A lovely copy of the second Cliff Janeway mystery. Signed by Dunning on the title page.Fine in like dust jacket.
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The Bookman's Wake

By: John Dunning

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Scribner : 1995-04-10

Seller ID: 090622001

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

New York: Scribner, 1995. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. A lovely copy of the second Cliff Janeway mystery. Fine in like dust jacket.
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The Sign of the Book: A Cliff Janeway "Bookman" Novel (Cliff Janeway Novels)

By: John Dunning

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Scribner : 2005-03-01

Seller ID: 072622007

ISBN-13: 9780743255059

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

New York: Scribner, 2005. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. Signed on a tipped in pageThe fourth volume in the mystery series featuring former police detective and bookman Cliff Janeway. Janeway finds himself investigating the murder of a book collector. Near Fine with mild shelf wear.
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The Sign of the Book: A Cliff Janeway "Bookman" Novel (Cliff Janeway Novels)

By: John Dunning

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Scribner : 2005-03-01

Seller ID: 1412051OFFNF55DU

ISBN-13: 9780743255059

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

New York: Scribner, 2005. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. Signed on a tipped in page. The fourth volume in the mystery series featuring former police detective and bookman Cliff Janeway. Janeway finds himself investigating the murder of a book collector. Near Fine with mild shelf wear.
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The Sign of the Book: A Cliff Janeway "Bookman" Novel (Cliff Janeway Novels)

By: John Dunning

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Scribner : 2005-03-01

Seller ID: 072622010

ISBN-13: 9780743255059

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

New York: Scribner, 2005. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. The fourth volume in the mystery series featuring former police detective and bookman Cliff Janeway. Janeway finds himself investigating the murder of a book collector. Near Fine with mild shelf wear.
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Libraries in the medieval and Renaissance periods (Rede lecture, 1894)

By: John Willis Clark

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Argonaut : 1968

Seller ID: 201010210171OFFNF16CL

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used: Very Good

Chicago: Argonaut, 1968. Hardcover. Reprint of Clark's lecture on libraries. No jacket. Lightly rubbed at spine ends and corners. Very Good.
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