Double fold : libraries and the assault on paper / Nicholson Baker.
Double fold : libraries and the assault on paper / Nicholson Baker.
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New York : Random House, 2001.
Date
2001.
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N025.2832/12
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English
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Physical content
xii, 370 p., [4] p. of plates : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Ch. 1. Overseas Disposal -- Ch. 2. Original Keepsakes -- Ch. 3. Destroying to Preserve -- Ch. 4. It Can Be Brutal -- Ch. 5. The Ace Comb Effect -- Ch. 6. Virgin Mummies -- Ch. 7. Already Worthless -- Ch. 8. A Chance to Begin Again -- Ch. 9. Dingy, Dreary, Dog-eared, and Dead -- Ch. 10. The Preservat...
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New York : Random House, 2001.
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1st ed.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2001.
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"Since the 1950s, our country's libraries have followed a policy of "destroying to preserve": They have methodically dismantled their collections of original bound newspapers, cut up hundreds of thousands of so-called brittle books, and replaced them with microfilmed copies - copies that are difficult to read, lack all the color and quality of the...
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Double fold : libraries and the assault on paper / Nicholson Baker.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [335]-353) and index.
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N025.2832/12
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74VvkNVGAayg
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvkNVGAayg
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0375504443
9780375504440 (alk. paper)
0375504443 (alk. paper)
9780375504440 :
0375504443 :
9780375726217 (pbk.)
0375726217 (pbk.)
9780375504440
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025.2832
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991013943219702626
