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Book Trade Connections from the Seventeenth to the Twentieth Centuries * hb
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Editors: John Hinks et al.

This book contains 12 chapters from scholars working on the connections between the parties involved in the production of print artefacts, from author to printer, publisher, bookseller and reader. Chronologically, the offerings range from the 17th to the 20th centuries as they track the developing trade in England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland. The main theme emerging from this volume is the significance of cheap print, including newspapers and journals.

Oak Knoll, 2008; 265 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w; hb

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Defining Moments in Books - The Greates Books, Writers, Characters, Passages and Events * pb
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Editor: Lucy Daniel

That Shook the Literary World
Selected by an international panel of writers, academics, and critics, the 1000 entries in this review form and accessible and intelligent look at literary history and criticism over the past century, from the publication of H.G. Wells' The Time Machine
to Orhan Pamuk's winning of the Nobel Prize in 2006.
Cassell, 2007; 800 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w & col; pb

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Diamond Sutra, The - The Story of the World´s Earliest Dated Printed Book * hb
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Authors: Frances Wood et al.

The Buddhist text known as the Diamond Sutra is believed to be the oldest surviving printed book in the world. Made in 868 AD and written in Chinese, the text contains a significant dialogue on perception, and is one of the most important sacred works of the Buddhist faith. It was hidden for centuries in a cave in northwest China, discovered in 1907 by Sir Aurel Stein, and it was created from 7 strips of yellow-stained paper that were printed from carved wooden blocks, pasted together to form a scroll.

British Library, 2010; 111 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w & col; hb

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History of Longmans and Their Books, 1724-1990, A - Longevity in Publishing * hb
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Author: Asa Briggs

This story of publishing deals with the history of the oldest commercial publisher in the UK. Founded by Thomas Longman in London in 1724, it tells of the people who ran the firm, the principles they held to and their success as entrepreneurs.

Oak Knoll, 2008; 587 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w & col; hb

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House of Harper, The - The Making of a Modern Publisher * pb
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Author: Eugene Exman

In 1817, 4 young Harper brothers opened a printing shop in downtown Manhattan. Two centuries later, their small enterprise has grown into one of the largest and most successful publishing houses. Exman's classic history, published in 1967, charts the birth and growth of a literary empire, with anecdotes about artists and authors from Charles Dickens, George Eliot, and Herman Melville to Thomas Wolfe and Aldous Huxley.

Harper Perennial, 2010; 326 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w; pb

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Nederlandse fotoboek, Het - Een thematische selectie, na 1945 * hb
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Editors: Frits Gierstberg, Rik Suermondt

Het Nederlandse fotoboek beschrijft de jonge geschiedenis van het wereldvermaarde Nederlandse fotoboek. De samenstellers kozen ruim 124 van de belangrijkste Nederlandse fotoboeken en plaatsten ze in de context van fotografische en maatschappelijke ontwikkelingen.

NAi Uitgevers, 2012; 239 pp.; NL; index; ills. b/w & col; hb

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