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LIBRARIES & THE BOOK TRADE IN BRITAIN
Astbury, Raymond
First U.S. edition. Contains 13 essays by various people on the booktrade in Britain; concerned, for the most part, with the 20th century. Includes an essay by Hans Schmoller on "The Paperback Revolution."
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> Sanders, F.D., BRITISH BOOK TRADE ORGANISATION; A REPORT ON THE WORK OF THE JOINT COMMITTEE.
> Norrington, A.L.P., BLACKWELL'S 1879-1979, THE HISTORY OF A FAMILY FIRM.
> Hoggart, Richard., A REPORT ON PAPER BACKS.
> Butler, Pierce (editor), LIBRARIANS, SCHOLARS AND BOOKSELLERS AT MID-CENTURY
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A BYRON LIBRARY, A CATALOGUE OF PRINTED BOOKS, MANUSCRIPT...
by Wise, Thomas J.
Limited to 200 copies. (Todd 117b). With numerous plates printed on glossy paper bound-in. Lengthy introduction by Ethel Colburn Mayne. (d. 1941) She was a biographer, novelist, and translator who also wrote for the Yellow Book under the pseudonym Francis Huntley. She published on Browning, reviewed widely, wrote a well-known biography of Byron, and published a number of acclaimed short stories. Spine slightly faded; a few small spots along edge of front cover.
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