384 pages; 8vo (8.5") 23 cm; Hardcover, black boards, [xiv] + 370 pages, index, bibliography, endnotes, 7 color illustrations on glossy plates. ; True story of how hundreds of libraries "preserved" their paper ephemera (newspapers, magazines, etc) by microfilming them then destroying the originals, and other atrocities, and how author and team managed to rescue last surviving issues of New York World, a stunning early color newspaper. ; Very small remainer mark on top. Jacket shows a touch of shelfwear.
Title: Double Fold : Libraries and the Assault on Paper
Edition: First Edition
ISBN Number: 0375504443
ISBN-13: 9780375504440
Location Published: Random House: 2001
Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
Item: 1.40 lbs
Categories: Reference
Seller ID: 20128
Keywords: american history, americana, books & printing, conservation, libraries, library science, magazines & periodicals, newspapers
