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Subtitle: irreverent stories from book history
By: J.P. Romney and Rebecca Romney
Contributors: Romney, Rebecca, author
Edition: First edition.
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 353
ISBN-13: 9780062412317
Subjects: Printing industry; Books; Printing; History
Description: "A lighthearted history of printed books is told through absurd moments in the lives of authors and printers as collected by a popular rare book expert"--NoveList.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-338) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: What do you reckon this is?; title: How to forge a rare book; title: Forgetting Mr. Gooseflesh; title: Trees of truth; title: Making the round world flat; title: Bad Shakespeare; title: Benjamin Franklin makes it rain; title: Angelic visions and deadly terrors; title: The memoir that killed her memory; title: American bookaneers; title: When doves cry; title: Blifter!; title: Conclusion: Nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact.