Story book essays on the history of book in the Philippines - Jurilla, Patricia May B. (Mandaluyong City Published and exclusively distributed by Anvil Pub., 2013)
STORY BOOK -- An old, rare, illuminated book from Manila -- Printers and publishers -- First books first -- The unfortunate Spanish bookbinder and his crafty Sangley employee -- A seventeenth-century traveling book -- The British Occupation, the Augustinian library, and the shady Santiago Orendain -- A flowery Philippine book -- The short, movable, vital life of the Katipunan press -- The mysterious etymology of aklat -- A is for an American schoolbook -- A smokin' collection of books -- Books and animals -- Books and films -- Perish or self-publish -- Suspended and booked in Manila, World War II -- Copy that: Textbooks publishing (and photocopying) in the Philippines -- Filipino novel FUN FACTS -- Bestsellers-the Philippine version -- The book of the past, the future of the book -- Epilogue: A personal story Irony and obscurity, or Why I do book history and what it keeps me doin it.
Includes bibiliographical references(p. 129-134) and index.
Keywords: Books -- Philippines -- History; Publishers and publishing -- Philippines -- History