History of Booksellers - The Old and the New

Klappentext First published in 1874, A History of Booksellers illustrates the close relationship between publishers, authors and their public. Zusammenfassung First published in 1874! A History of Booksellers illustrates the close relationship between publishers! authors and their public. Curwen develops his theme by means of anecdotal and entertaining studies of individual British publishing houses! mostly from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries! with a brief survey of earlier periods. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. The booksellers of olden times; 2. The Longman family; 3. Constable, Cadell, and Black; 4. John Murray; 5. William Blackwood; 6. Chambers, Knight, and Cassell; 7. Henry Colburn; 8. The Rivingtons, the Parkers, and James Nisbet; 9. Butterworth and Churchill; 10. Edward Moxon; 11. Kelly and Virtue; 12. Thomas Tegg; 13. Thomas Nelson; 14. Simpkin, Marshall, and Co.; 15. Charles Edward Mudie; 16. W. H. Smith and Son; 17. Provincial booksellers.

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• Authors: Henry Curwen, Curwen Henry
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.10.2010
• EAN: 9781108021432
• ISBN: 978-1-108-02143-2
• No. of pages: 526
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - History of Printing, Publishing and Libraries
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > History > Cultural history; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Journalism; History: specific events & topics, HISTORY / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Media & Communications, History: specific events and topics, Publishing industry & book trade, Publishing and book trade