Books as History
London: British Library, 2008. Revised Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Item #375984
ISBN: 1584562900
206 pages, illustrated in colour throughout. Original card covers as issued. David Pearson's Books as History, in its 2008 revised British Library edition, argues that books must be read not only for their texts but as historical artefacts. Pearson shows how bindings, annotations, ownership marks, typography, and even wear patterns reveal the social lives of books; evidence of readers, institutions, fashions, and technologies across time. Across a wide range of examples, he demonstrates how physical features can illuminate provenance, cultural value, and transmission. The result is a lucid, persuasive call for material awareness: an insistence that every volume carries a biography, and that understanding books as objects deepens our grasp of intellectual history itself. Size: 18.5 x 25.5 cms. Category: Varied Books; Books on Books; New Arrivals. ISBN: 1584562900. ISBN/EAN: 9781584562900. This item may require more postage than the rates shown for delivery outside the UK. If extra postage is required we will contact you before processing your order and you will be given the details and option to decline the extra cost.
Keywords: BZDB395 Varied Books; Books on Books; New Arrivals. Unbranded ISBN: 1584562900 EAN: 9781584562900 David Pearson Books as History
Price: £39.95