Project Gutenberg 2010-08-13 Public domain in the USA. 197 Rawlings, Gertrude Burford Rawlings, G. B. (Gertrude Burford) The Story of Books Produced by Adrian Mastronardi, Jana Srna and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "The Story of Books" by Gertrude Burford Rawlings is a historical account written in the early 20th century. The book explores the evolution of books from ancient times to the modern era, focusing on the development of writing, the preservation of literature, and the impact of printing. It provides insights into how books have shaped human culture and knowledge throughout history. The opening of the book introduces the concept of the "book family," emphasizing its ancient and noble lineage while pondering the origins of writing and literature. Rawlings highlights the importance of early writing materials and techniques, tracing the fascinating transition from primitive markings to more sophisticated forms of written expression. It sets the stage for examining the intricate history behind how printing revolutionized the production and accessibility of books, ultimately influencing the course of human knowledge and civilization. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Books Printing -- History Z Text Browsing: Encyclopedias/Dictionaries/Reference Browsing: History - General 325444 325453 2024-09-14T07:15:29.431034 2023-09-14T11:52:02.920919 text/html text/html 313461 2010-08-13T08:10:18 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 1508515 2010-08-13T08:11:42 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1696642 2024-09-14T07:15:38.691054 application/epub+zip 1699702 2024-09-14T07:15:32.186055 application/epub+zip 171453 2024-09-14T07:15:30.307048 application/epub+zip 1864418 2024-09-14T07:15:43.359530 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1813339 2024-09-14T07:15:37.037030 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 277955 2022-09-15T09:45:34.025666 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 260442 260236 2024-09-14T07:15:28.373106 2023-09-14T11:52:01.939927 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 260150 2010-08-13T08:10:18 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 98334 2010-08-13T08:11:42 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 17951 2024-09-14T07:15:43.504471 application/rdf+xml 11380 2024-09-14T07:15:30.685051 image/jpeg 3033 2024-09-14T07:15:30.494065 image/jpeg 1564015 2024-09-14T07:15:29.504035 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog