{"product_id":"9780375706394-secondhand-the-book-on-the-bookshelf","title":"The Book on the Bookshelf","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eNB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition.  See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only.  A description of our secondhand books is not always available.  Please contact  us if you have a question about this title.\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor: Henry Petroski\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\nFormat: Paperback \n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\nNumber of Pages: 304\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom 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.","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44172200018139,"sku":"9780375706394-SECONDHAND","price":10.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/products\/9780375706394-us-300.jpg?v=1688718570","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/9780375706394-secondhand-the-book-on-the-bookshelf","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}