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Brought To Book: The Balance Of Books And Life (FINE COPY OF FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION)
by Breakwell, Ian and Hammond, Paul
- Used
- Fine
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0140170804
- ISBN 13
- 9780140170801
- Seller
-
Margate, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Penguin, 1994. Fine. First edition, first printing. Paperback. 284pp. Profusely illustrated with photographs and line-drawings. Compiled by Ian Breakwell and Paul Hammond, the editors set out to explode the myth that books are a closed, escapist world. This book spans the spectrum of readings rituals and fetishism: stealing, eating and cooking books; books as status symbols, food for termites, aids to seduction and espionage; books associated with journeys, falling in and out of love, imprisonment and freedom; books and their relationship with war, death, religion, sex, night and day dreams. A fine copy of a first edition, first printing SCARCE in this condition. . First edition, First Printing. Paperback. Fine.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Greystone Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 18113
- Title
- Brought To Book: The Balance Of Books And Life (FINE COPY OF FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION)
- Author
- Breakwell, Ian and Hammond, Paul
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Edition
- First edition, First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0140170804
- ISBN 13
- 9780140170801
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1994
- Keywords
- Books About Books. Bibliography.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Books About Books, Bibliography;
Terms of Sale
Greystone Books
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About the Seller
Greystone Books
Biblio member since 2005
Margate
About Greystone Books
Greystone Books is situated in Kent, England. We have been selling on the internet since 1999. We sell collectable books and try to stock obscure and scare non-fiction titles.
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- First Edition
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- Fine
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