Worlds of Print. Diversity in the Booktrade.
New Castle: Oak Knoll Press, 2006,
First Edition. octavo, boards in dust jacket. 224 pp. Oak Knoll Press, Item #26604
Volume 8 in the Print Networks series. Presented at the 2004 Conference on the History of the British Book Trade, these papers focus on the infinite variety of people and places in the British Isles and the wider colonial world whose lives revolved around the book trade. They reflect these complex networks, focusing on the people involved in the creation of the book, from author to agent, publisher to printer, bookseller to reader. Topics range from Scotland's earliest printers to late 20th century global marketing strategies, and explores books in and about central America, New Zealand, Australia, and the UK, among other diverse locations. Illustrated in black and white. A very fine copy, without flaw.
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