Noble Fragments
the maverick who broke up the world's greatest book
$36.00
- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
28 October 2024
Summary
Noble Fragments: A Family’s Debt to Literary Vandalism
One hundred years ago, Gabriel Wells, a New York bookseller, committed a crime against history. He broke up the world’s greatest book, the Gutenberg Bible, and sold it off in individual pages. This is the story of an Australian man’s hunt for those fragments and his family’s debt to an act of literary vandalism.
In 1921, Well’s audacity scandalised the rare-book world. The Gutenberg was the first substantial book in Euro…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781761380822 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1761380826 |
| Author: | Michael Visontay |
| Publisher: | Scribe Publications |
| Imprint: | Scribe Publications |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 28 October 2024 |
| Weight: | 352g |
| Dimensions: | 233mm x 154mm x 34mm |
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About The Author
Michael Visontay
Michael Visontay has worked as a journalist and senior editor at The Sydney Morning Herald and The Australian, and taught journalism at university. He is the author of several nonfiction books, including Welcome to Wanderland, Who Gave You Permission? (with Manny Waks), and Undies to Equities- the remarkable life of Henri Aram.
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