{"product_id":"book-a-global-history-hardcover","title":"Book: A Global History - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichael F. Suarez S. J.\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eH. R. Woudhuysen\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA concise edition of the highly acclaimed \u003cem\u003eOxford Companion to the Book\u003c\/em\u003e, this book features the 51 articles from the \u003cem\u003eCompanion\u003c\/em\u003e plus 3 brand new chapters in an affordable format! The 54 chapters introduce readers to the fascinating world of book history. Including 21 thematic studies on topics such as writing systems, the ancient and the medieval book, and the economics of print, as well as 33 regional and national histories, offering a truly global survey of the book around the world, \u003cem\u003eThe Book: A Global History\u003c\/em\u003e is the most comprehensive work of its kind. The three new articles, specially commissioned for this edition, cover censorship, copyright and intellectual property, and book history in the Caribbean and Bermuda. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAll essays are illustrated throughout with reproductions, diagrams, and examples of various typographical features. \u003cbr\u003eBeautifully produced and highly informative, this is a must-have for anyone with an interest in book history and the written word.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMichael F. Suarez S.J\u003c\/strong\u003e. is Professor and Director of the Rare Book School at the University of Virginia. Formerly the J. A. Kavanaugh Professor of English at Fordham University in New York and Fellow and Tutor in English at Campion Hall, Oxford, he is co-editor of \u003cem\u003eThe Cambridge History of the Book in Britain, Volume 5, 1695-1830\u003c\/em\u003e (2009) and co-general editor of \u003cem\u003eThe Collected Works of Gerard Manley Hopkins, 8 vols\u003c\/em\u003e (2006- ). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eH. R. Woudhuysen\u003c\/strong\u003e is Rector of Lincoln College, Oxford. He has edited \u003cem\u003eThe Penguin Book of Renaissance Verse\u003c\/em\u003e (1992), with David Norbrook; \u003cem\u003eLove's Labour's Lost\u003c\/em\u003e (1998) and, with Katherine Duncan-Jones, \u003cem\u003eShakespeare's Poems\u003c\/em\u003e (2007) for the Arden Shakespeare third series. His book \u003cem\u003eSir Philip Sidney and the Circulation of Manuscripts, 1558-1640\u003c\/em\u003e was published in 1996.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 768\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.5 x 9.3 x 6.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 01, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53111735124275,"sku":"9780199679416","price":107.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/xZ8ic-ShcH9780199679416.webp?v=1772748849","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/book-a-global-history-hardcover","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}