Henry Petroski 20732

The book on the bookshelf

1999. Paperback. Pp: 304. From the author of the highly praised The Pencil and The Evolution of Useful Things comes another captivating history of the seemingly mundane: the book and its storage.Most of us take for granted that our books are vertical on our shelves with the spines facing out, but Henry Petroski, inveterately curious engineer, didn't.  As a result, readers are guided along the astonishing evolution from papyrus scrolls boxed at Alexandria to upright books shelved at the Library of Congress. Unimpeachably researched, enviably written, and charmed with anecdotes from Seneca to Samuel Pepys to a nineteenth-century bibliophile who had to climb over his books to get into bed, The Book on the Bookshelf is indispensable for anyone who loves books. ISBN: 9780375706394. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.

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Book number: 105029

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Henry Petroski 20732

The Pencil

Knopf, 1990. Gekartonneerd met stofomslag. Pp: 434. Henry Petroski traces the origins of the pencil back to ancient Greece and Rome, writes factually and charmingly about its development over the centuries and around the world, and shows what the pencil can teach us about engineering and technology today. From the Trade Paperback edition. ISBN: 9780394574226. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.

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Book number: 2069362

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Keywords: 9780394574226

Conway, Walter D. and Richard J. Petroski (Eds.):

Modern Countercurrent Chromatography. (= ACS Symposium Series, 593).

Washington D.C.: American Chemical Society, 1995. 238 pages. Hardcover/Pappeinband. Good. Ex-library with usual markings. Clean pages. Free shipping within Germany. Shipping costs to EU-countries: 9.50 EUR, to non-EU-countries: 15.00 EUR.

Antiquariat Thomas HakerProfessional seller

Book number: 841995

Catalogue: Chemie

Keywords: ISBN: 0841231672

PETROSKI Henry

Force What It Means to Push and Pull Slip and Grip Start and Stop

Yale University Press, 2022. 9780300260793. 1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original silver lettered black cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine). Pp. xiii + 314, illus with b&w photos in text and diagrams (no inscriptions). .

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Book number: 179634

Catalogue: Physics

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Petroski, Henry

Beyond Engineering: Essays and Other Attempts to Figure Without Equations

St Martins Pr, 1986. First. Hardcover. 0312077858. pp.256 clean copy gutter at title page cracked but all pages still intact some creases/tears to d/j edges, and top/bottom spines Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Near Fine/Very Good.

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Book number: 025397

Catalogue: MATHEMATICS, MISCELLANEOUS

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Petroski, Henry

Beyond Engineering; Essays and Other Attempts to Figure without Equations

New York, St Martins Press, 1986. Hardcover. pp. 256. 8vo. Light shelfwear. Dustjacket protected with plastic brodart sleeve; very good+ in very good+ dustjacket. Ill.: Karen Petroski.

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Book number: 089633

Catalogue: Literary Criticism

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Petroski, Henry

The Book on the Bookshelf

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1999. x, 290p. b/w illus. stiff wrappers. .

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Book number: 037256

Keywords: Book History Library History

Petroski, Henry .

The Book on the Bookshelf.

A.Knopf, New York. 199. Bibliogr. Illustr. Index. x,290pp. Paperback. Fine.

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Book number: 85399

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Petroski, Henry,

The Book on the Bookshelf.

NY, Knopf, (1999). 1st ed. VG PB.

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Book number: BOOKS023004I

Catalogue: History

Henry Petroski

The Book on the Book Shelf

Alfred A Knopf, 1999. Third Printing. Hardcover. 0375406492. pp.290 with index clean tight copy Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 0283874

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Petroski, Henry

The Book On The Bookshelf

Paperback; 1999; New York : Vintage Books; 290pp.; Small permanent marker dot on top cut. -- Conditie: Goed; Original wrappers, some b/w illustrations.; Engels; ISBN10: 0375706399, ISBN13: 9780375706394

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Book number: 240266

Catalogue: Antiek/Boeken

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Petroski, Henry,

Book on the Bookshelf.

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1999. 1st. Hardcover., Vg (See Description), Vg/Vg. Pages: 290.

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Book number: MASTER302814I

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PETROSKI, HENRY

The Book on the Book Shelf

Alfred A Knopf, 1999. Softcover. ISBN: 0965004554. Stiff crisp unmarked book.. Fine .

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Book number: 64007

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Petroski, H.

The book on the bookshelf

Vintage Books (Random House), 1999.1st edition.Paper covers.ISBN: 0375706399.V.g./No Jacket.Little used. In English.1.0 kg.

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Book number: 40459

Catalogue: Bibliography

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Petroski, Henry

THE BOOK ON THE BOOKSHELF.

Vintage, 1999 ; Conditie: In zeer goede staat. Paperback. Geen leesvouwen rug.

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Book number: 228506129