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Originally published in 1938, and as a third edition in 1974, this volume presents the results of original research into the economic aspects of the transition from the medieval manuscript to the modern printed book.
List of contents
Part 1: The Age of Hand-Printing 1. Introduction 2. The Demand For Books 3. The Division of Labour in the Book Industry 4. The Structure of the Industry in the Period of Hand-Production 5. Copyright 6. Early Trade and Labour Organisation 7. Labour Supply and Conditions of Employment 8. Premises and Equipment 9. The Supply of Paper 10. Binding Materials 11. Financial Organisation and Terms of Publication 12. The Sale of Books
Part 2: The Application of Mechanical Power 13. The Application of Mechanical Power to Printing 14. The Accessories of Modern Printing 15. Paper in the Machine Age 16. Modern Bookbinding 17. Modern Labour Conditions 18. The Rise of the Trade Unions 19. The Cost of Books in the Age of Mechanical Power 20. Copyright and Competition 21. The Volume of Production Since the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century.
About the author
Marjorie Plant was Deputy Librarian of the British Library of Politcal and Economic Science at the LSE from 1945 to 1968.
Summary
Originally published in 1938, and as a third edition in 1974, this volume presents the results of original research into the economic aspects of the transition from the medieval manuscript to the modern printed book.
