From the earliest printing to C21st zines: a very engaging account. The author is Prof of Eng Lit at Balliol when not noodling about with like-minded eggheads and a Model 4 letter press.
The Book-Makers: A History of the Book in 18 Remarkable Lives
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Edition:Hardback978184792629618/04/2024From a Bookshelf nearby
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The Cambridge Companion to Literature and Food
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A labour of love and scholarship, this is a study of the extraordinary Royal Library of Dom Joao V (1706-1750) of Portugal that was destroyed in 1755 in the Lisbon earthquake. The library co... read more
The Lost Library of the King of Portugal
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Using West's 1930s masterpiece Black Lamb, Grey Falcon as a vade mecum, Allan has written a wonderful, personal portrait of the countries that made up the former Yugoslavia.
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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 beautiful... read more
Portable Magic: A History of Books and their Readers
Hardback £20.00