The Devil's Details: A History of Footnotes

by ZERBY, Chuck

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Book description: Montpelier, Vermont: Invisible Cities Press, 2002. AS NEW book condition/VERY GOOD dust jacket. Black hard cover with red lettering on spine. No apparent damage. Black dust jacket shows mild edge rubs & mild shelf scuff. "The need for an adequate book on footnotes is obvious. One of the earliest and most ingenious inventions of humankind, the footnote has been for centuries an indispensable tool of the scholar and a source of endlessly varied delight for the layperson. The lack until now of a substantial and appropriately annotated study of its nature, its history, its friends and enemies can only be ascribed to complacency. Annotators and literary connosseurs simply have assumed too easily the continuing survival of this important adjunct to the printing press. Such complacency is no longer possible ..." 150 pp. Pages are clean, tight, unmarked & uncreased. Spine uncracked. UNREAD. Gift quality condition. Not price clipped. Original price $24.00. Picture is provided by the seller & is of actual book you will receive. . First Edition Stated. Hard Cover. As New/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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