Books and Their History

Last update: 03 Oct 1994 12:00
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See also: Literacy, Reading, Writing

Recommended:
• Elizabeth L. Eistenstein, The Printing Press as an Agent of Change

To read:
• Luciano Canfora, The Vanished Library [i.e. the Alexandrian]
• Martin Davis, Aldus Manutius: Printer and Publisher of Renaissance Venice
• Norma Levarie, The Art and History of Books
• James Moran, Printing Presses
• Lee Server, Over My Dead Body: The Sensational Age of the American Paperback, 1945--1955
• Sir Stanley Unwin, The Truth About Publishing
• Margaret Willes, Reading Matters: Five Centuries of Discovering Books