Item Display - Shelf life [Texte imprimé] : writers on books and reading

Bibligraphic Information

Title

Shelf life [Texte imprimé] : writers on books and reading

Author

Johnson, Alex  

Publisher:

British Library Publishing,

Pub date:

2018

Pages:

1 vol. (162 p.) ;

Number of items

1 copie(s) available .
: On request : Open access : E-ressource available on-site

• Holdings

  Holdings

  Central Library	Number of copies	Material	Status	Location
  Unavailable on the shelves
  Call number : 306.4 / 717	1	Book	Assumed lost Availabe SRL Available soon Being acquired by the library Being fixed/mended Being returned to standard shelving location Being transferred between libraries Claims lost Dans les échanges Lost Material at the bindery Material has been checked/charged out Newly acquired Not Available On Order On hold for someone Search in progress for item Unknown Waqf Withdrawn from the collection available user fast added item	Internet Intranet Invalide Magazine space Open Access Periodical room Periodical storeroom Rares Reserves UNKNOWN

MARC Record

ISBN:

978-0-7123-5286-4

Subject category:

SHS

Dewey class number:

306.4

Other class number:

306.4

Personal Author:

Johnson, Alex

Title:

Shelf life [Texte imprimé] : writers on books and reading / Alex Johnson

Publication info:

London : British Library Publishing, 2018

Physical descrip:

1 vol. (162 p.) ; 21 cm

Summary:

"Without answering in detail, I shall assume that the book-buyer is a book-lover, that his love is a tenacious, not a transitory love, and that for him the question is how best to keep his books."--W.E. GladstoneBooks; reading, collecting and the physical housing of them has brought the book-lover joy - and stress - for centuries. Fascinated writers have tried to capture the particular relationships we form with our library, and the desperate troubles we will undergo to preserve it. With Alex Johnson as your guide, immerse yourself in this eclectic anthology and hear from an iconic Prime Minister musing over the best way to store your books and an illustrious US President explaining the best works to read outdoors. Enjoy serious speculations on the psychological implications of reading from a 19th century philosopher, and less serious ones concerning the predicament of dispensing with unwanted volumes or the danger of letting children (the 'enemies of books') near your collection.

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