HUMAN FACE OF THE BOOK TRADE: PRINT CULTURE AND ITS CREATORS

Isaac, Peter and Barry McKay (editors)

ISBN 10: 1584560037 / ISBN 13: 9781584560036

Published by Oak Knoll Press and St. Paul's Bibliographies, New Castle, Delaware and Folkestone, England, 1999

About this Item

small 8vo. Hardback printed covers. x, 228 pages. First edition. These thirteen scholarly essays on the history of the book trade are the third volume in the PRINT NETWORKS series of publications. The original papers were presented at the annual "Seminars on the British Book Trade." The essays covered include Paul Morgan's "Henry Cotton and W. H. Allnutt: Two Pioneer Book-Trade Historians," David Stoker's "The Country Book Trade," Warren McDougall's "Charles Elliot and the London Booksellers in the Early Years," Philip Henry Jones' "Scotland and the Welsh-Language Book Trade during the Second Half of the 19th Century," Brenda Scragg's "William Ford, Manchester Bookseller," and Barry McKay's "Niche Marketing in the 19th Century," among others.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: HUMAN FACE OF THE BOOK TRADE: PRINT CULTURE AND ITS CREATORS
• Publisher: Oak Knoll Press and St. Paul's Bibliographies, New Castle, Delaware and Folkestone, England
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1584560037
• ISBN 13: 9781584560036
• Binding: Hardback printed covers
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Seller catalogs:
  • Book Selling

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Synopsis

"Book creators are at least as idiosyncratic as readers" could be the unofficial motto of this 16th annual seminar held in July 1998 in Edinburgh. A baker's dozen of essays give accounts of a brilliant but unpredictable 18th-century printer, a power struggle between a devious author and the London College of Physicians, and assorted other characters and early aspects of book publishing, selling, and collecting in the UK. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Synopsis

"Book creators are at least as idiosyncratic as readers" could be the unofficial motto of this 16th annual seminar held in July 1998 in Edinburgh. A baker's dozen of essays give accounts of a brilliant but unpredictable 18th-century printer, a power struggle between a devious author and the London College of Physicians, and assorted other character