The library : a catalogue of wonders
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Published
Berkeley, California : Counterpoint, 2018.
Edition
First Counterpoint hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
xvi, 269 pages ; 24 cm
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Published
Berkeley, California : Counterpoint, 2018.
Format
Book
Edition
First Counterpoint hardcover edition.
Language
English
Notes
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"First published in 2017 by The Text Publishing Company, Melbourne, Australia" -- verso.
Description
"Libraries are much more than mere collections of volumes. The best are magical, fabled places whose fame has become part of the cultural wealth they are designed to preserve. Some still exist today; some are lost, like those of Herculaneum and Alexandria; some have been sold or dispersed; and some never existed, such as those libraries imagined by J.R.R Tolkien, Umberto Eco, and Jorge Luis Borges, among others. Ancient libraries, grand baroque libraries, scientific libraries, memorial libraries, personal libraries, clandestine libraries: Stuart Kells tells the stories of their creators, their prizes, their secrets and their fate. To research this book, Kells traveled around the world with his young family like modern day 'Library Tourists.' Kells discovered that all the world's libraries are connected in beautiful and complex ways, that in the history of libraries, fascinating patterns are created and repeated over centuries. More importantly, he learned that stories about libraries are stories about people, containing every possible human drama." -- Publisher's description
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Kells, S. (2018). The library: a catalogue of wonders (First Counterpoint hardcover edition.). Counterpoint.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Kells, Stuart. 2018. The Library: A Catalogue of Wonders. Counterpoint.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Kells, Stuart. The Library: A Catalogue of Wonders Counterpoint, 2018.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Kells, Stuart. The Library: A Catalogue of Wonders First Counterpoint hardcover edition., Counterpoint, 2018.
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