description: First American edition. Compendium of lists includes such gems as Six of the Best Poets for a Desert Island; Remarkable Deaths by Authors; Slowest Book Production; Calamities of Publishers; Book Burnings; Masterpieces Written in Prison; Implausible Book Titles; Misguided Rejections; Critical Gaffes and The Hundred Books that Most Influenced Henry Miller. 287+ 1 pages. stiff paper wrappers. small 8vo..
language: English
title: The Book of Literary Lists : A Collection of Annotated Lists of Fact, Statistic and Anecdote Concerning Books
publisher: HarperCollins Publishers