London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1946. small 4to. cloth. xii, 224, xxiii pages and 50 plates. First edition. A history of the Dangerfield Printing Company which printed the magazine CYCLING, and other publications centering on motoring and motor cycles. Covers faded. READ MORE about BOUVERIE STREET TO BOWLING GREEN LANE, FIFTY-FIVE YEARS OF SPECIALIZED PUBLISHING
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Houston: Bookman House, (1979). 8vo. cloth. vii, 190 pages. A manual. READ MORE about BOOK PUBLISHING, A WORKING GUIDE FOR AUTHORS, EDITORS AND SMALL PUBLISHERS
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Chicago, IL: Ragan Report Press, 1978. 12mo. stiff paper wrappers, spiral bound. (iv), 135+(1) pages. Third printing. Table of contents, glossary. Instructions for the publishing of newspapers and magazines. Previous owner's name on title. Spiral binding cracked. READ MORE about ARNOLD'S ANCIENT AXIOMS: TYPOGRAPHY FOR PUBLICATIONS EDITORS
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2 volumes.
Bergen: Norges handelshøyskole, 1974. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. xiv,178; (viii),(3),222 pages. 2 volumes. First edition. A two volume study of the book industry and trade in Norway. Chapters are devoted to book technology, publishers, book selling, etc. Reproduced from typescript. In Norwegian. Foxing to covers. READ MORE about STUDIER I BOKØKONOMI
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London: Clive Bingley, (1969). small 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 176 pages. First edition. Papers delivered at a symposium held at Liverpool School of Libraranship April, 1968 and edited by Raymond Astbury, FLA, Senior Lecturer at the school. The role of the author in society, and the value which society places upon it, forms the principal subject of this collection of papers presented at the conference. Michael Dempsey, Seymour Smith and Bryan Luckman are a few..... READ MORE about THE WRITER IN THE MARKET PLACE
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N.P. n.p., n.d.(circa 19th century). 8vo. pages loosely inserted in later paper wrappers. pp.21-30. A study of college periodicals with illustrations of ones issued by Yale, Harvard, Brown, Dartmouth, Columbia, etc. Wrappers worn. READ MORE about COLLEGE LITERATURE AND JOURNALISM
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New York: R.R. Bowker Co., 1978. 8vo. paper wrappers, paper cover label. 28 pages. Fifth of R.R. Bowker Memorial Lectures, New Series. READ MORE about THE TRADITIONAL BOOK IN THE ELECTRONIC AGE
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London: Euromonitor Publications, (1982). small 4to. paper wrappers. (iv), 84, (4) pages. A report on the state of the international book industry in 1982. Wear to wrappers. READ MORE about THE BOOK REPORT
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London: Faber and Faber, (1970). small 8vo. cloth. 104 pages. A study of the problems concerning photocopying material as related to copyright material and copyright proprietors. Postscript by author, and bibliography. Presentation from the author to Sigfred Taubert dated 1970 on free endpaper. READ MORE about PHOTOCOPYING PRACTICES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM
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Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1964. 8vo. cloth. ix, (v), 198 pages. First edition. Contains information on the first major conflict between the Booksellers Association and some private booksellers and publishers. Two of these outspoken individuals were Dickens and Gladstone. Largely devoted to the book trade organization and resale price maintenance after 1800. Ex-library copy with markings. READ MORE about FREE TRADE IN BOOKS, A STUDY OF THE LONDON BOOK TRADE SINCE 1800
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Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1964. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. ix, (v), 198 pages. First edition. Contains information on the first major conflict between the Booksellers Association and some private booksellers and publishers. Two of these outspoken individuals were Dickens and Gladstone. Largely devoted to the book trade organization and resale price maintenance after 1800. With the bookplate and pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. Bookplate removed from front pastedown. READ MORE about FREE TRADE IN BOOKS, A STUDY OF THE LONDON BOOK TRADE SINCE 1800
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(Copenhagen): Selkskabet Bogvennerne, 1959. 16mo. stiff paper wrappers, edges uncut. 109, (3) pages. Text in Danish. Limited, numbered edition of 3000. Letters about Books.. Bay (1871-1951), born in Denmark, was chief librarian of the Crerar Library in Chicago. Presentation from the author, in English, to his son. Unopened. Wrappers lightly tanned. Front hinge cracked. READ MORE about BREVE OM BØGER
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Ansbach: C. Brügel & Sohn, 1952. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. (ii), 100 pages. First edition. The history of printing in Ansbach, Germany is outlined here. The impetus for this review of Ansbach printing and publishing was the 90th anniversary of the C. Brügel & Sohn publishing firm. Illustrated with 36 black-and-white figures. Table of contents at end. In German. READ MORE about ANSBACHER BUCHDRUCK IN 350 JAHREN. 1604 BIS ZUR GEGENWART
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(Edinburgh, Scotland): Thomas Nelson and Sons for the Saltire Society, (1949). 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. 8 pages, plates. A volume in the Scottish Tradition Series. Bibliography, acknowledgments, list of books illustrated. 20 black and white plates. READ MORE about THE SCOTTISH TRADITION IN PRINTED BOOKS
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N.P. Svenska Bokhandlareförening, 1959. large 12mo. quarter cloth, paper-covered boards. 163 pages. Fifteen articles on such topics as "the disputed schoolbook trade," "can books remain cheap...?," "publishing children's books," "the university bookstore in Sweden," etc. A festschrift for Gunnar Josephson on his seventieth birthday. Unopened. READ MORE about TILL EN BOKVAN, EN SAMLING UPPSATSER TILLAGNADE GUNNAR JOSEPHSON
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New York: R.R. Bowker Co., 1977. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xvii, 187 pages. First edition. Introduction by Dan Lacy. READ MORE about A CANDID CRITIQUE OF BOOK PUBLISHING
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York, PA: Maple Press Company, n.d. (circa 1971). 4to. stiff paper wrappers, dust jacket. 18 pages. A speech originally "delivered before the International Comprint Conference at Geneva, Switzerland in October 1971...". On the half-title page is a sizeable presentation by a Howard May King in red ink. Top and bottom edges creased and bumped at corners and spine heads. READ MORE about INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHING BECOMES MULTINATIONAL PUBLISHING
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Washington: Library of Congress, 1984. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. vii, 95 pages. Preface by John Cole. READ MORE about U.S. BOOKS ABROAD: NEGLECTED AMBASSADORS
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London: Hodder & Stoughton, (1990). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. vi. 122 pages. Illustrated. Dust jacket foredges faded. Light wear on dust jacket. READ MORE about EDWARD ARNOLD, 100 YEARS OF PUBLISHING
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Stockholm: Bonniers, 1925. large 12mo. sewn, stiff paper wrappers. 67 pages with 8 additional pages of leaves. Presentation signed by the author. His reminiscences of books, authors, booksellers, and other publishers. Bergquist was also involved in the Book Trade Employees Association, for whose newspaper these reminiscences were originally written. Spotted along edge of front cover. READ MORE about MITT LIV BLAND BOCKERNA, NOGRA KONTURER FRON EN TRETTIOFEM ARIG VERKS
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(Hamden, CT): Linnet Books, 1975. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. x, 130 pages. Instructors of history can use this bibliography to compile reading lists for classes and a source of potential publishing outlets. Divided into chapters on research methods in history, teaching of history, historiography and philosophy of history, and historiographical studies by area, with a checklist of professional periodical literature as appendix. READ MORE about HISTORIOGRAPHY, METHOD, HISTORY TEACHING, A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF BOOKS AND ARTICLES IN ENGLISH, 1965-1973
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Leipzig: Otto Harrasowitz, 1900. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, original self paper wrappers bound in. 545-566 (22) pages. Offprint from the Centralblatt (later: Zentralblatt) für Bibliothekswesen, vol.17 no.12, of a review (largely negative) of a book by Karl Dziatzko on this topic. Covers worn, chipped. READ MORE about ZUR GESCHICHTE DES ANTIKEN BUCHWESENS
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Boulder: Hamilton Press, (1979). small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. xv, (iii), 142 pages. First edition. A how to book that helps with writing a book, learning how to self publish and sell it and controlling the profits. Illustrated. Includes a glossary. READ MORE about WRITE PUBLISH & SELL IT YOURSELF! THE COMPLETE HOW-TO GUIDE
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(Cambridge): Cambridge University Press, (2000). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. viii, 84 pages. Revised second edition. This short, illustrated account of the world's oldest publishing house emphasizes the constitutional basis of the Press as an essential part of its parent university from the publication of the Press's first book in 1584 through to the present day. It highlights key moments of crisis and change including Richard Bentley's revival in the 1690s, the Victorian renaissance, the rise..... READ MORE about A SHORT HISTORY OF CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
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2 volumes.
New York & London: R.R. Bowker, 1980 and 1983. 8vo. cloth, dust jackets. xxviii,482; xxxvi,607 pages. 2 volumes. First edition. Tips and techniques for the sale and promotion of scientific, technical, professional, and scholarly books and journals. Volume One covers over 500 areas of book promotion such as direct mail, advertising techniques, mailing lists, exhibits and more. With a glossary, 4 appendices, and index. Volume Two broadens the coverage presented in the earlier volume, and..... READ MORE about BOOK MARKETING HANDBOOK
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