Twenty-four short biographies of German booksellers or bookseller families from the late 18th century to the early 20th. Some of the names should be quite familiar: Reclam, Brockhaus, Kröner, Langewiesche, de Gruyter, etc. With introduction by G. Menz, and portraits. Inside the back cover are two folded sheets with floor plan and elevation of a bookstore in Königsberg. Worn along edges and at spine ends. A square section (2 x 2 in.) has been cut out on the cloth part of the back cover.