ARGONAUT BOOKS

The history of paper is a history of cultural transmission, and Kurlansky tells it vividly in this compact, well-illustrated book.The New York TimesKurlansky's book is published with a deckle edge finish, a process that replaces the regular clean-cut trim of a page with a jagged, pulped roughness... It is a beautiful thing to hold and feel, and it presents a fine argument for the retention of paper as an aesthetically lusty object, let alone one that's thrived through centuries of change.The ObserverKurlansky expertly argues a case for its [paper's] continuing survival.The ScotsmanKurlansky......Read More