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Author:

Romney, J. P., author.

Title:

Printer's error : irreverent stories from book history / J. P. Romney and Rebecca Romney.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

HarperCollins,

Copyright Date:

2017

Description:

xvii, 353 pages : illustrations, maps, facsimiles ; 24 cm

Subject:

Books--History.
Printing--History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographic references (pages [287]-338) and index.

Contents:

Introduction: What do you reckon this is? -- How to forge a rare book -- Forgetting Mr. Gooseflesh -- Trees of truth -- Making the round world flat -- Bad Shakespeare -- Benjamin Franklin makes it rain -- Angelic visions and deadly terrors -- The memoir that killed her memory -- American bookaneers -- When doves cry -- Blifter! -- Conclusion: Nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact.

ISBN:

0062412310
9780062412317

LCCN:

bl2017003815

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)

PNAX964 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Calmar (Calmar)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

GOPG641 -- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown)

GUPF501 -- Newton Public Library (Newton)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)