Every Book Its Reader Nicholas Basbanes Signed Limited

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EVERY BOOK ITS READER: THE POWER OF THE PRINTED WORD TO STIR THE WORLD BY NICHOLAS A. BASBANES - SIGNED NUMBERED LIMITED EDITION

Author: Nicholas Basbanes

Publisher: Harper Collins

Year Published: 2005

Book Size: 8vo - 9 3/4"

Binding: Hardcover with matching blue Smyth sewn Franconia cloth slipcase and red illustrated dust jacket.

Edition & Printing: First edition, first printing. Signed limited edition one of only 250 published.

Dust Jacket: As issued with matching blue slipcover.

Condition: Very fine as new. Still in original publisher's shrinkwrap. Please note: Because this book is still shrinkwraped we can't specifically say what number it is.

Description: Description: This is Basbanes' first signed limited numbered he has ever released. We don't know what number this copy is because the book is still in the original publisher's shrinkwrap. This book is offered by other rare book dealers for as much as $300.

Two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer David McCullough called Basbanes the “leading authority of books about books,” and his latest, Every Book Its Reader: The Power of the Printed Word to Stir the World, continues in that tradition. Inspired by a landmark exhibition mounted by the British Museum in 1963 of 440 books that “made things happen” in the world, Basbanes examines the specific aspects of book culture, considers various works that have shaped our culture, nudged the course of history, and influenced the way we see the world. To celebrate this milestone in Basbanes’s distinguished career as the leading contemporary writer on book collecting, Fine Books & Collections Magazine along with Oak Knoll Press have commissioned a collector’s edition, featuring premium materials and superlative workmanship.

The binding is Smyth-sewn and handcrafted in Franconia cloth. Attractively illustrated with fifty photographs, the book itself is stamped with 22-carat gold on the spine, wrapped in a dust jacket, and housed in a matching, custom-designed slipcase. This edition is limited to just 250 copies, signed and numbered by the author on a colophon page printed for this edition. Never before has a work by Nicholas Basbanes been so lavishly produced. Fans of his earlier work, like the National Book Critics Circle Award nominated A Gentle Madness, or the critically acclaimed A Splendor of Letters, will enjoy Every Book Its Reader, an exploration of book culture and the ways books have nudged the course of history and influenced the way we see the world.

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