Dr David McKitterick is Fellow and Librarian, Trinity College, Cambridge.

'As a complete set, this work is an essential addition to any library with an interest in the history of the book … elegantly written and well-researched volume …'. Dr Jessica Gardner, University of Exeter Library. CILIP Rare Books Group

• Preface; 1. A century of change; 2. 1873; 3. Macmillan; 4. Growth in publishing, 1870–1900; 5. The late nineteenth-century Printing House; 6. Markets across the world; 7. 1900–1916: a difficult period; 8. The Encyclopaedia Britannica; 9. 1916–1923: fresh beginnings; 10. Bibles, 1916–1923; 11. Walter Lewis and the typographical renaissance; 12. The Roberts years; 13. America; 14. Kingsford and recovery; 15. The American branch; 16. Printing, 1946–1963; 17. A developing crisis; 18. On the brink.

Dr David McKitterick is Fellow and Librarian, Trinity College, Cambridge.

'As a complete set, this work is an essential addition to any library with an interest in the history of the book … elegantly written and well-researched volume …'. Dr Jessica Gardner, University of Exeter Library. CILIP Rare Books Group

• Preface; 1. A century of change; 2. 1873; 3. Macmillan; 4. Growth in publishing, 1870–1900; 5. The late nineteenth-century Printing House; 6. Markets across the world; 7. 1900–1916: a difficult period; 8. The Encyclopaedia Britannica; 9. 1916–1923: fresh beginnings; 10. Bibles, 1916–1923; 11. Walter Lewis and the typographical renaissance; 12. The Roberts years; 13. America; 14. Kingsford and recovery; 15. The American branch; 16. Printing, 1946–1963; 17. A developing crisis; 18. On the brink.