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The book-makers : a history of the book in eighteen remarkable lives

Smyth, Adam, 1972-2025
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A celebration of 550 years of the printed book, told through the lives of 18 extraordinary men and women who took the book in radical new directions: printers and binders, publishers and artists, paper-makers and library founders. This is a story of skill, craft, mess, cunning, triumph, improvisation, and error.
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Imprint:
London : Vintage, 2025.
Collation:
400 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: London: The Bodley Head, 2024.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781529932669 (pbk. :)
Dewey class:
002.09002.09 SMYT
Language:
English
BRN:
5814675
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