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The Book On the Book Shelf
The Book On the Book Shelf
Author: Henry Petroski
From the author of the highly praised The Pencil and The Evolution of Useful Things comes another captivating history of the seemingly mundane: the book and its storage. — Most of us take for granted that our books are vertical on our shelves with the spines facing out, but Henry Petroski, inveterately curious engineer, didn't.&...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780965004558
ISBN-10: 0965004554
Publication Date: 9/1/1999
Pages: 290
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Publisher: Alfred A Knopf
Book Type: Paperback
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