International Book Publishing: An Encyclopdeia.
New York: Garland Publishing, 1995, First Edition. small quarto, orange boards. xxvi, 735 pp. Garland Publishing, A very fine, clean copy. More
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Of Making Many Books. A Hundred Years of Reading, Writing and Publishing.
University Park: The Pennsylvania State University Press, (1996), Reprint of earlier edition. octavo, black cloth. (xxxvi), 347pp. The Pennsylvania State University Press, One in a series in Penn State Reprints in Book History giving second life to classic works in the field of publishing history. This reprint, with a new..... More
Modes of Production of Victorian Novels.
Chicago: Univ of Chicago Press, (1989), First Edition. octavo, wrappers. 125pp. Univ of Chicago Press, "In this sophisticated application of modern Marxist thought, N. N. Feltes demonstrates the determining influence of nineteenth-century publishing practices on the Victorian novel. His dialectical analysis leads to a comprehensive explanation of the development of..... More
Publishing Then and Now 1912-1964.
New York: NYPL, 1965, Second Printing. quarto, wrappers. (24)pp. NYPL, Twenty-first of the R. R. Bowker Memorial Lectures. An interesting memoir by this influential publisher. Very fine. More
My Lives.
New York: Random House, (1971), First American Edition. octavo, cloth in dust jacket. (332)pp. Random House, "He is perhaps best known for his universally admired Nonesuch Press and for his influence on book design in general. But in this book we get the whole man: childhood and youth in a...... More
Journeys Through the Market. Travel, Travellers and the Book Trade.
Winchester: St. Paul's, 2000, First Edition. octavo, boards. 164pp. St. Paul's, Another title in the fascinating Publihsing Pathways Series. This collection presents historical essays on the early books written on travel, exploration and its literature, for a total of seven scholarly essays. New. More
Journeys Through the Market. Travel, Travellers and the Book Trade.
Winchester: St. Paul's, 2000, First Edition. octavo, boards. 164pp. St. Paul's, Another title in the fascinating Publihsing Pathways Series. This collection presents historical essays on the early books written on travel, exploration and its literature, for a total of seven scholarly essays. New. More
Song and Words. A History of the Curwen Press.
Boston: David R. Godine, (1973), First American Edition. octavo, blue cloth in dust jacket. (vi), 261pp. David R. Godine, This is the first and only comprehensive study of the history and development of this press. Fully illustrated. Wear to corners of jacket, slight spotting to top edge of text block..... More
The Culture of the Publisher's Series, Volume 2: Nationalisms and the National Canon.
Palgrave Macmillan, (2011), First Edition. octavo, pictorial boards. (x), 220 pp. Palgrave Macmillan, This volume explores problems concerning the series, national development and the national canon in a range of countries and their international book-trade relationships. Studies focus on issues such as the fabrication of a national canon, and on..... More
Venus Bound. The Erotic Voyage of the Olympia Press and Its Writers.
New York: Random House, (1994), First American Edition. octavo, boards & cloth in dust jacket. xxii, (362)pp. Random House, "...the astonishing but true story of the flamboyant rogue publisher Maurice Girodias, whose Paris-based Olympia Press gave birth to a curious mixture of raffish pornography and some of the most significant..... More
Indecent Pleasures. The Life and Colorful Times of William Targ.
New York: Macmillan, (1975), First Edition. octavo, cloth in dust jacket. (xvi), 428pp. Macmillan, Illustrated. An editor associated with the work of Puzo and other popular writers, Targ combines autobiography, memoir, expose and current gossip of the New York book world of the 1960s and 70s. Very minor scuffing to..... More
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