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BL
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990815
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b745185
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| Main Entry
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Feather, John.
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| Title & Author
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A history of British publishing /\ John Feather.
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| Publication Statement
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London ;New York :: Routledge,, 1988.
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1 online resource (x, 292 pages)
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| ISBN
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0203358988
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: 0415026547
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: 9780203358986
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: 9780415026543
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-281) and index.
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| Contents
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Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface; Introduction: The Book Trade Before Printing; The Book Revolution; Books in the Marketplace; The Foundation of an Industry; A Taste of Freedom; The Licensed Press; Response to Freedom; The Trade and the Law; The Expanding Trade; Periodicals and Part Books; Publishers and Booksellers; The Book Trade and the Industrial Revolution; The Organisation of the Trade in the Nineteenth Century; The Age of the Novel; The Diffusion of Knowledge; The Publishers and the Authors; The Customs of the Trade; Old Ways and New Directions; Allen Lane's Idea.
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| Abstract
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Covers the whole period in which books have been printed in Britain, from copying manuscripts to the Net Book Agreement.
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Book industries and trade-- Great Britain-- History.
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Publishers and publishing-- Great Britain-- History.
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Book industries and trade.
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LANGUAGE ARTS DISCIPLINES-- Publishing.
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Publishers and publishing.
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Great Britain.
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| Dewey Classification
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070.5/0941
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| LC Classification
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Z325.F414 1988beb
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