What We See When We Read

FIRST VINTAGE BOOKS EDITION, AUGUST 2014

Copyright © 2014 by Peter Mendelsund

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Vintage Trade Paperback ISBN: 978-0-8041-7163-2

ebook ISBN: 978-0-8041-7164-9

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