Read Me
Subtitle: A Century of Classic American Book Advertisements
By: Dwight Garner ; with a foreword by Dave Eggers
Contributors: Eggers, Dave
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Ecco
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9780061572197
Subjects: Publishers and publishing; Books; History; Advertising; Book industries and trade
Description: Features more than 300 vintage book advertisements-- startling and strange, beautiful and funny-- that together reveal a kind of secret history of American literature over the last century.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]-268) and index.