Introduction: Book geography, book history

Geographies of the Book

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 1-25

  Ogborn, Miles ^a   Withers, Charles W J ^b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84856861457     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
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