The Book of Lost Books: An Incomplete History of All the Great Books You'll Never Read

A curious work from an author who's earliest years saw him becoming a completist collector of assorted types of books. This volume offers brief essays on known authors and their works that did NOT survive. The book moves chronologically from antiquity through the 20th century author George Perec. First printing, VG with a fair amount of neatly penciled underlining, in an unclipped VG jacket. Hardcover, 1st Edition, 1st Printing, ISBN 1400062977. Random House 0. 003783