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Author Kells, Stuart, author

Title The library : a catalogue of wonders / Stuart Kells
Published Melbourne, Victoria : The Text Publishing Company, 2017
Melbourne, Australia : Text Publishing, 2017
©2017

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 MELB  027.009 Kel/Lac  DUE 20-04-24
Description 278 pages ; 24 cm
Summary Libraries are filled with magic. From the Bodleian, the Folger and the Smithsonian to the fabled libraries of middle earth, Umberto Eco's mediaeval library labyrinth and libraries dreamed up by John Donne, Jorge Luis Borges and Carlos Ruiz Zafón, Stuart Kells explores the bookish places, real and fictitious, that continue to capture our imaginations."The Library: A Catalogue of Wonders" is a fascinating and engaging exploration of libraries as places of beauty and wonder. It's a celebration of books as objects and an account of the deeply personal nature of these hallowed spaces by one of Australia's leading bibliophiles
Analysis Australian
Notes National Library of Australia's N copy signed by the author, December 2018. ANL
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes 2018 Prime Ministers Award Shortlist
Subject Librarians -- Anecdotes.
Libraries -- Anecdotes.
Books and reading -- Miscellanea.
Books and reading -- History.
Book collecting -- Anecdotes.
Books.
Libraries -- History.
Libraries.
Books and reading.
Library materials.
Genre/Form History.
Anecdotes.
ISBN 9781925355994 (paperback)
1925355993 (paperback)
Other Titles Catalog of wonders