BOOK TRADE CONNECTIONS FROM THE SEVENTEENTH TO THE TWENTIETH CENTURIES.
Pp. xiv+266(last blank), text illustrations (some full page), index; demy 8vo; black boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper; bookplate of David Levine, Sydney, on upper; Knoll Press/British Library, New Castle, DE./ London, 2008. First edition. Print Networks series. *Papers presented at the twenty-second Print Networks Conference on the History of the British Book Trade, University of Birmingham, July 2005. 'The main theme emerging from this volume is the significance of cheap print, including newspapers and journals. The social, cultural, political and economic significance of these artifacts is highlighted by an in-depth examination of the lives of those men and women who participated in the book trade.' [wrapper blurb]. Item #163066
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