Argues that the physical form of books makes them distinctive, and sometimes dangerous, quite as much as their content. (John Morgan’s recent, limited edition Usylessly, with its beautifully blank pages, comes to mind…).
Portable Magic: A History of Books and their Readers
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Edition:Hardback978024142726228/04/2022From a Bookshelf nearby
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Books and Libraries: Poems
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This eloquent little book offers a moving and erudite justification for the survival of high quality book shops and why they are essential places of discovery, refuge and fulfilment. Laced w... read more
In Praise of Good Bookstores
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Ex Libris: 100+ Books to Read and Reread
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After publishing 24 volumes on his father's work over 40 years, the great Christopher Tolkien died in Jan 2022, aged 95.