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The business of books: booksellers and the English book trade, 1450-1850

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Field name	Details
ISBN	0300181639 (pbk.)
ISBN	9780300181630 (pbk.)
Author	Raven, James 1959-
Title	The business of books : booksellers and the English book trade, 1450-1850 / [by] James Raven
Publisher	New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, 2007
Physical desc.	xviii, 493 p. ; ill., map ; 24 cm.
Bibliography etc.	Includes bibliographical references (p. [435]-455) and index.
Contents	Introduction: the enterprise of booksellers -- The arrival of print: domestic and foreign -- Markets and martyrs: early modern commerce -- The late Stuart trade: new horizons -- Investing in books: the supremacy of the booksellers -- High and low: locating the trades -- Boosting demand: stationers, printers, and sellers -- Challenges and survivals: the late eighteenth century -- Promoting the wares -- Risking failure -- Steam and stamps: nineteenth-century transformation -- Conclusion.
Subject	Books -- Great Britain -- History
	Book industries and trade -- Great Britain -- History
	Publishers and publishing -- Great Britain -- History
	Printers -- Great Britain -- History
	Literature publishing -- Great Britain -- History

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10010779	002.0942 RAV	RL		. *, Permanent Loan .