First edition. A collection of twelve essays by various authors related to the history of written communication. Includes "London Publishing, 1640-1660" by John Barnard, "Caxtons of the North: Mid-Nineteenth-Century Arctic Shipboard Printing" by Elaine Hoag, and "Booksellers and Bestsellers: British Book Sales as Documented by The Bookman1891-1906" by Troy J. Bassett and Christina M. Walter.