PORTABLE MAGIC: A History of Books and Their Readers
Explores how, when, and why books became so iconic. It's not just the content within a book that compels; it's the physical material itself; the smell, the feel of the pages, its solid heft. Every book is designed to influence our reading experience--to enchant, enrage, delight, and disturb us and our long-standing love affair with books.
Format: Hardbound
Pages: 338
Publisher: Knopf
Publishing status: Current
ISBN: 9781524749095
Item #: 7754671