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Title: Library, The: A Catalogue of Wonders
Author: KELLS STUART
Format: PAPERBACK
Publication date: 28/08/2017
Imprint: TEXT PUBLISHERS
Price: $33.00
Publishing status: Active
This fascinating & engaging exploration of libraries as places of beauty & wonder includes institutions around the world & from the imaginations of various writers.
Libraries are filled with magic. From the Bodleian, the Folger and the Smithsonian to the fabled libraries of middle earth, Umberto Eco’s mediaeval library labyrinth and libraries dreamed up by John Donne, Jorge Luis Borges and Carlos Ruiz Zafon, Stuart Kells explores the bookish places, real and fictitious, that continue to capture our imaginations. The Library: A Catalogue of Wonders is a fascinating and engaging exploration of libraries as places of beauty and wonder. It’s a celebration of books as objects and an account of the deeply personal nature of these hallowed spaces by one of Australia’s leading bibliophiles.
ISBN: 9781925355994
Dimension: 234mm X 153mm
Pages: 288