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Where and when was a concept book sold with only blank pages?

When asked what 5 books you would take with you to a desert island, Bernard Shaw replied that he would take 5 books with blank pages.

This concept was embodied in 1974 by the American publishing house Harmony Books, releasing a book called "The Book of Nothing", which consisted exclusively of 192 blank pages. She found her buyer, and subsequently the publishing house reprinted this book more than once.

Authors: Jimmy Wales, Larry Sanger

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