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01583aam a2200301Ia 4500 001 677954C2152711E3AA706A77DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20130904010050 008 121017s2012 nyuab b 000 0 eng d 020 $a 0062241435 020 $a 9780062241436 040 $d SILO 050 4 $a TS1090 $b .S337 2012 082 4 $a 676 $b S229p 100 1 $a Sansom, Ian. 245 10 $a Paper : $b an elegy / $c Ian Sansom. 250 $a 1st U.S. ed. 260 $a New York : $b William Morrow, $c c2012. 300 $a xxiv, 230 p. : $b ill., maps ; $c 22 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. [216]-230). 505 0 $a Respecting paper : an introduction -- A miracle of inscrutable intricacy -- In the wood -- Walking papers -- Victims to the bibliomania! -- Ornamenting the façade of hell -- The soul of advertisement -- Constructive thinking -- The secret is the paper -- The squiggle game -- A wonderful mental and physical therapy -- Legitimationspapiere -- Five leaves left -- The hollow in the paper : acknowledgments -- Tearing the book into pieces : a bibliography. 520 $a Paying tribute to paper in all of its forms and functions, a humorous, international cultural study and series of personal reflections explores the history and significance of paper from its invention in China to the present. 650 0 $a Paper $x History. 650 0 $a Papermaking $x History. 941 $a 2 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160826071716.0 952 $l UNUX074 $d 20140627011251.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=677954C2152711E3AA706A77DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search