Order Nr. 55214 A HISTORY OF READING. Alberto Manguel.

A HISTORY OF READING.

  • New York: Penguin Books, (1997).
  • 8vo.
  • stiff paper wrappers.
  • (xii), 372 pages.

Price: $20.00  other currencies

Order Nr. 55214

Reprint of the first edition. A good copy. Tracts the history of the transmission of the printed word to the reader. Intermixes his story with sub-plots concerning book thieves and anarchists, book burners and censors, and others.