The Book
A Cover-to-Cover Exploration of the Most Powerful Object of Our Time

Vienu dienu iegāju grāmatnīcā un skatos – plauktā stāv grāmata par grāmatām! Vienkārši bija neiespējami atstāt viņu nenopirktu. Dikti jau nu smuki bija noformēta, skaisti iesieta un arī nosaukums The Book bija iespaidīgs. Nopirku atstiepu mājās un pāris mēnešus lasīšanu atliku. Grāmatas, kādas mēs tā......more

The is an epic nerd-fest for book lovers. The detail and depth of research into EVERY aspect of the book-as-object is intensely fascinating. If you've ever wondered about the history, culture and manufacture of paper, print, binding and deckled edges this is the book for you. I loved it and I will c......more

Sigo en mi biblioteca personal mi interpretación de la máxima del famoso editor Alfred A. Knopf: "Los libros deben imprimirse en un formato digno de sus contenidos". Eso es, palabras más, palabra menos una regla que me he puesto de considerar tan importante el "hardware" del libro (el libro como obj......more

Reading a book; this is something everybody in Goodreads loves, we love sitting down and reading, touching the book , and even smelling it, but few of us knows what processes go into making the book we happen to hold in our hands at the moment. This book is about just that, all the processes that th......more

As a conservator, The Book is slightly problematic. The fire-truck red cloth and exposed boards with white text make for an aesthetically pleasing cover. I like the design of the book, the annotations telling you what the different parts of a book are called. The pictures and text are clear and the p......more