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A History of Cambridge University Press: Volume 1, Printing and the Book Trade in Cambridge, 1534-1698
Inbunden, 1992
1762 kr
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This is the first of three volumes concerning the history of the oldest press in the world, a history that extends from the sixteenth century to the present day. Although there was, briefly, a press at Cambridge in the early 1520s, the origins of the modern University Press spring from a charter …
A History of Cambridge University Press: Volume 2, Scholarship and Commerce, 1698-1872
Inbunden, 1998
1919 kr
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This second volume of the history of Cambridge University Press deals with a period of fundamental changes in printing, publishing, and bookselling. The purpose of this book is not only to chronicle the history of the Press, but also to set it in this context of change: to examine how the forces of …
A History of Cambridge University Press: Volume 3, New Worlds for Learning, 1873-1972
Inbunden, 2004
1847 kr
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This volume completes the history of Cambridge University Press from the sixteenth century to the late twentieth. It examines the ways by which the Press launched itself as a London publisher in the 1870s, building up its educational and academic lists. It charts how interests in America were …
Fiction and the American Literary Marketplace
The Role of Newspaper Syndicates in America, 1860-1900
Av Charles Johanningsmeier, Terry Belanger m. fl.
Häftad, 2002
823 kr
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Conventional literary history has virtually ignored the role of newspaper syndicates in publishing some of the most famous nineteenth-century writers. Stephen Crane, Henry James, Rudyard Kipling, Robert Louis Stevenson and Mark Twain were among those who offered their early fiction to 'Syndicates', …
Cheap Bibles
Nineteenth-Century Publishing and the British and Foreign Bible Society
Av Leslie Howsam, Terry Belanger m. fl.
Häftad, 2002
1029 kr
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The cheap Bibles of nineteenth-century Britain were read in millions of homes, and were also potent symbols of national virtue. In an age of social ferment, cheap Bibles - most published by the British and Foreign Bible Society - represented both the promise of mass literacy and the benefits of …
American Literary Publishing in the Mid-nineteenth Century
The Business of Ticknor and Fields
Av Michael Winship, Terry Belanger m. fl.
Häftad, 2003
1029 kr
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This is a study of some of the central questions in literary publishing in mid-nineteenth-century North America and Britain, addressed through examination of the unusually rich archives of a unique publishing firm. Boston-based Ticknor and Fields, one of the pre-eminent literary publishers of its …
The Making of Johnson's Dictionary 1746-1773
Av Allen Reddick, Terry Belanger m. fl.
Häftad, 1996
654 kr
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Following the discovery of manuscript materials, including hundreds of unpublished additions and changes, for Samuel Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language, Allen Reddick describes the conception, composition, writing, and subsequent revision of the first great English dictionary, and the …
Print, Manuscript and the Search for Order, 1450-1830
Häftad, 2005
483 kr
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This magisterial study re-examines fundamental aspects of what has been termed the printing revolution of the early modern period. David McKitterick argues that many of the changes associated with printing were only gradually absorbed over almost 400 years, a much longer period than usually …
The Cambridge History of the Book in Britain
Inbunden, 2009
2548 kr
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The years 1830-1914 witnessed a revolution in the manufacture and use of books as great as that in the fifteenth century. Using new technology in printing, paper-making and binding, publishers worked with authors and illustrators to meet ever-growing and more varied demands from a population …
Print Culture in Renaissance Italy
The Editor and the Vernacular Text, 1470-1600
Av Brian Richardson, Terry Belanger m. fl.
Häftad, 2002
787 kr
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The emergence of print in late fifteenth-century Italy gave a crucial new importance to the editors of texts, who determined the form in which texts from the Middle Ages would be read, and who could strongly influence the interpretation and status of texts by adding introductory material or …
Before Copyright
The French Book-Privilege System 1498-1526
Av Elizabeth Armstrong, Terry Belanger m. fl.
Häftad, 2002
672 kr
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When printing first began, a new book automatically fell into the public domain upon publication. Only a special law or privilegium enacted by a competent authority could protect it from being reprinted without the consent of the author or publisher. Such privileges for books are attested before …
British Literary Culture and Publishing Practice, 1880-1914
Av Peter D. McDonald, Terry Belanger m. fl.
Häftad, 2002
935 kr
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This book examines the radical transformation of British literary culture during the period 1880-1914 as seen through the early publishing careers of three highly influential writers, Joseph Conrad, Arnold Bennett and Arthur Conan Doyle. Peter D. McDonald examines the cultural politics of the …
Readers in a Revolution
Bibliographical Change in the Nineteenth Century
Inbunden, 2022
588 kr
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The mid-nineteenth century brought a revolution in popular and scholarly understandings of old and second-hand books. Manuals introduced new ideas and practices to increasing numbers of collectors, exhibitions offered opportunities previously unheard of, and scholars worked together to transform …
Readers in a Revolution
Bibliographical Change in the Nineteenth Century
E-bok, 2022
619 kr
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The mid-nineteenth century brought a revolution in popular and scholarly understandings of old and second-hand books. Manuals introduced new ideas and practices to increasing numbers of collectors, exhibitions offered opportunities previously unheard of, and scholars worked together to transform …
Readers in a Revolution
Bibliographical Change in the Nineteenth Century
E-bok, 2022
619 kr
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The mid-nineteenth century brought a revolution in popular and scholarly understandings of old and second-hand books. Manuals introduced new ideas and practices to increasing numbers of collectors, exhibitions offered opportunities previously unheard of, and scholars worked together to transform …
Old Books, New Technologies
The Representation, Conservation and Transformation of Books since 1700
Inbunden, 2013
1420 kr
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As we rely increasingly on digital resources, and libraries discard large parts of their older collections, what is our responsibility to preserve 'old books' for the future? David McKitterick's lively and wide-ranging study explores how old books have been represented and interpreted from the …
Old Books, New Technologies
The Representation, Conservation and Transformation of Books since 1700
Häftad, 2014
687 kr
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As we rely increasingly on digital resources, and libraries discard large parts of their older collections, what is our responsibility to preserve 'old books' for the future? David McKitterick's lively and wide-ranging study explores how old books have been represented and interpreted from the …
The Cambridge History of the Book in Britain: Volume 6, 1830-1914
Häftad, 2014
871 kr
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The years 1830-1914 witnessed a revolution in the manufacture and use of books as great as that in the fifteenth century. Using new technology in printing, paper-making and binding, publishers worked with authors and illustrators to meet ever-growing and more varied demands from a population …
The Invention of Rare Books
Private Interest and Public Memory, 1600-1840
Inbunden, 2018
1117 kr
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When does a book that is merely old become a rarity and an object of desire? David McKitterick examines, for the first time, the development of the idea of rare books, and why they matter. Studying examples from across Europe, he explores how this idea took shape in the sixteenth and seventeenth …
The Invention of Rare Books
Private Interest and Public Memory, 1600-1840
Häftad, 2020
549 kr
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When does a book that is merely old become a rarity and an object of desire? David McKitterick examines, for the first time, the development of the idea of rare books, and why they matter. Studying examples from across Europe, he explores how this idea took shape in the sixteenth and seventeenth …
Invention of Rare Books
Private Interest and Public Memory, 1600–1840
E-bok, 2018
544 kr
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When does a book that is merely old become a rarity and an object of desire? David McKitterick examines, for the first time, the development of the idea of rare books, and why they matter. Studying examples from across Europe, he explores how this idea took shape in the sixteenth and seventeenth …
Invention of Rare Books
Private Interest and Public Memory, 1600–1840
E-bok, 2018
544 kr
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When does a book that is merely old become a rarity and an object of desire? David McKitterick examines, for the first time, the development of the idea of rare books, and why they matter. Studying examples from across Europe, he explores how this idea took shape in the sixteenth and seventeenth …
Cambridge History of the Book in Britain: Volume 6, 1830-1914
E-bok, 2009
956 kr
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The years 1830–1914 witnessed a revolution in the manufacture and use of books as great as that in the fifteenth century. Using new technology in printing, paper-making and binding, publishers worked with authors and illustrators to meet ever-growing and more varied demands from a population …
Cambridge History of the Book in Britain: Volume 6, 1830-1914
E-bok, 2009
956 kr
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The years 1830–1914 witnessed a revolution in the manufacture and use of books as great as that in the fifteenth century. Using new technology in printing, paper-making and binding, publishers worked with authors and illustrators to meet ever-growing and more varied demands from a population …
Cambridge University Library: A History 2 Volume Paperback Set
Av J. C. T Oates, David McKitterick
2010
2172 kr
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Of all the departments in the University of Cambridge, the University Library is by far the oldest. The first volume in this set traces its evolution from its hesitant beginnings to its designation as a place of copyright deposit in the legislation of the late seventeenth and early eighteenth …
