Textbooks in Education: A Report from the American Textbook Publishers Institute to its Membership, its Friends, and any Others whose Interest in the Development of the Educational System in the United States Goes Beyond a Mere Passing Fancy

Published by The American Textbook Publishers Institute, New York, 1949

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First edition. Tall octavo. 139pp. Publisher's maroon cloth stamped in black and gilt with a pencil design along the spine. Textblock edges faintly foxed, half-title with a tiny spot of foxing, else near fine. Review copy with the nicely-printed slip laid in. According to Chapter Six, "The American Textbook Publishers Institute is the professional and trade organization for publishers of books used in institutions of learning in the United States of America. It was established on July 1, 1942 by 28 interested publishers. Its 1949 membership includes 57 companies whose business represents about 85 per cent of the total volume of the textbook business of the nation." Chapter subheadings include "An attempt to say why textbook publishers look on their work as a mission, and to state their code"; "A picture of our industry as a thread in the closely-woven fabric of the nation's history"; "How big our industry is, how much it costs to operate it, and how much profit it makes"; "A selection of editorial and manufacturing activities."; and "How some publishers associated themselves in the public interest and in their own interest, too." An uncommon, unusual, rather cheeky piece of advertising-as-trade-history? Seller Inventory # 458509

Bibliographic Details

Title: Textbooks in Education: A Report from the ...

Publisher: The American Textbook Publishers Institute, New York

Publication Date: 1949

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Edition: 1st Edition