In munāwalah the teacher hands over his original or an authoritative copy, or makes it available for checking against the original. If the transfer is accompanied by explicit authorization to narrate, it is a stronger form: the book is identified and permission is given.
«هَذَا رِوَايَتِي عَنْ فُلَانٍ فَارْوِهِ عَنِّي»
“This is what I narrate from so-and-so; transmit it from me.”
The pupil may copy or collate the material and preserve the provenance of the permission. He must not claim that he heard the whole book read by the teacher, since a handover is not itself an audition.
If the book was merely handed over with no permission to narrate, the case is different and significantly weaker.