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Reading Matters: Five Centuries of Discovering Books
Reading Matters Five Centuries of Discovering Books
Author: Margaret Willes
It is easy to forget in our own day of cheap paperbacks and mega-bookstores that, until very recently, books were luxury items. Those who could not afford to buy had to borrow, share, obtain secondhand, inherit, or listen to others reading. This book examines how people acquired and read books from the sixteenth century to the present, focusing ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780300164046
ISBN-10: 0300164041
Publication Date: 5/25/2010
Pages: 304
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Publisher: Yale University Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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