Justification/Johann Gutenberg Tapa dura - 2000

Doubleday Canada, Limited, 2000-01-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 9x6x1. We're happy to combine shipping to save you some money. We're also always buying collectible book collections. Contact us for details. We're happy to provide pictures of any and all books for you, please just ask! Canadian first edition, first printing. Published by Doubleday Canada in 2000. Contains numberline 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10. Virtually no wear to jacket. Jacket is NOT price clipped. Covers are clean and bright. Edges are sharp. The book itself is in Near Fine condition with no scratches. The binding is straight and tight. NO remainder mark. Overall the book is in Near Fine condition! !

Doubleday Canada. Used - Good. Bargain book!

Doubleday Canada, Limited. Used - Good.

Toronto: Doubleday Canada. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2000. First Canadian Edition. Hardcover. 0385259840 . New book, unmarked and unread. .

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Doubleday, 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. pp. 259. ""'This book is a kind of penance, a confession of perfect sorrow, and by it I hope to save my soul,' declares the protagonist--though he doesn't really mean it. In failing health, nearly blind, the man who invented the printing press dictates his life story because he fears death will erase his name…

Toronto, ON, Canada: Doubleday Canada, Limited, 2000. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. pp.257 clean tight copy Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

This book is used, in "as new" condition. No wear to covers or dust jacket, no markings inner pages. Spine intact, no creases.

"""Blake Morrison has woven a stunning novel around the few facts known about the life and work of Johann Gensfleisch (aka Gutenberg), master printer, charmer, con man, and visionary -- the man who invented ""artificial writing"" and printed the Gutenberg Bible, putting thousands of monks out of work.

In this dazzling debut novel, Morrison gives Gutenberg's final testament: a justification and apologia he dictated, ironically, to one of the young scribes made obsolete by his invention of movable metal type. Through the eyes of the aging narrator, we see the Middle Ages in a strange new light and witness a moment of cultural transition as dramatic as the communications revolution of today."" Good Reads"

"""Blake Morrison was educated at Nottingham University, McMaster University and University College, London. After working for the Times Literary Supplement, he went on to… Leer más

Toronto: Doubleday Canada, 2000 Book. New. Hardcover. 1st Can Ed.. "Gutenberg has been called the most influential man of the last millennium. He launched a communications revolution - and changed the written word forever. This is his tale, and the story behind his heretical invention." "Around 1400, in the city of Mainz, a man was born whose invention of moveable metal type was to change the written word for ever and alter the course of history itself. Johann Gutenberg died 60 years later, robbed of his business, his printing presses and, so he thought, of his immortality. Reading between the lines of history, Blake Morrison has woven a stunning novel around the few facts known about the life and work of Johann Gensfleisch, aka Gutenberg, master printer, charmer, conman and visionary.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.