Portable magic : a history of books and their readers / Emma Smith.

"Most of what we say about books is really about the words inside them: the rosy nostalgic glow for childhood reading, the lifetime companionship of a much-loved novel. But books are things as well as words, objects in our lives as well as worlds in our heads. And just as we crack their spines,...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via EBSCO)
Main Author:	Smith, Emma (Emma Josephine) (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2022.
Subjects:	Books > History. Books and reading > History. Book industries and trade > History. Books > Anecdotes. Books and reading > Anecdotes. Book industries and trade. Books. Books and reading. History.