The Story of the Alphabet. Edward Clodd.

The Story of Books. G. B. Rawlings.

Books in Manuscript. Falconer Madan.

Books and Their Makers in the Middle Ages. Vol. I. G. H. Putnam.

EncyclopÆdia Britannica. Eleventh Edition.
Articles:
Alphabet (very scholarly and in large part suitable only for very advanced students.)
Paleography.
Manuscript.
Book.
Libraries.
Bookbinding.
Bookselling.
Papyrus.
Paper.
Ink, and many others which will suggest themselves during the study of the articles named.