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The Business of Books : Booksellers and the English Book Trade, 1450-1850
by Raven, J
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in slightly edgeworn dustwrapper
- ISBN 10
- 0300122616
- ISBN 13
- 9780300122619
- Seller
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LONDON, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Yale University Press, New Haven, first edition, 2007. Cloth, 8vo, 24 cm,. xviii, 493 pp. From the publisher's description: "In 1450 very few English men or women were personally familiar with a book; by 1850, the great majority of people daily encountered books, magazines, or newspapers. This book explores the history of this fundamental transformation, from the arrival of the printing press to the coming of steam. James Raven presents a lively and original account of the English book trade and the printers, booksellers, and entrepreneurs who promoted its development. Viewing print and book culture through the lens of commerce, Raven offers a new interpretation of the genesis of literature and literary commerce in England. He draws on extensive archival sources to reconstruct the successes and failures of those involved in the book trade - a cast of heroes and heroines, villains, and rogues. And, through groundbreaking investigations of neglected aspects of book-trade history, Raven thoroughly revises our understanding of the massive popularization of the book and the dramatic expansion of its markets over the centuries. Very Good in slightly edgeworn dustwrapper.
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- Bookseller
- Wykeham Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BIBLIO-57096
- Title
- The Business of Books : Booksellers and the English Book Trade, 1450-1850
- Author
- Raven, J
- Format/Binding
- Cloth, 8vo, 24 cm,
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in slightly edgeworn dustwrapper
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0300122616
- ISBN 13
- 9780300122619
- Publisher
- Yale University Press, New Haven, first edition, 2007
- Place of Publication
- New Haven
- Date Published
- 2007
- Pages
- xviii, 493 pp
- Keywords
- Book industries and trade Great Britain History. Publishers and publishing Great Britain History. Printers Great Britain History. Literature publishing Great Britain History. Raven, James 0300122616
- Bookseller catalogs
- Book Trade;
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About the Seller
Wykeham Books
Biblio member since 2005
LONDON, Aberdeen
About Wykeham Books
We specialize chiefly in "books about books", the emphasis being on historical aspects of book collecting, production and distribution. A particular speciality is in bibliographies, of all subjects of interest to collectors, dealers and scholars, with several thousand bibliography titles in stock. Other strengths include extensive holdings of auction catalogues for book sales and a good selction of reference material on and facsimiles of illuminated manuscripts. We also have a special interest in rare material by or about Rudyard Kipling.
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