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The book in America; a history of the making, the selling, and the collecting of books in the United States
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The book in America; a history of the making, the selling, and the collecting of books in the United States, by Hellmut Lehmann-Haupt ... in collaboration with Ruth Shepard Granniss ... and Lawrence C. Wroth ...
Published
New York, R.R. Bowker Company, 1939.
Physical Description
xiii p., 2 l., 3-453 p. 24 cm.
Local Notes
LWL 11 L52 939: With clipping (review).
Notes
"Revised and enlarged in English text from 'Das amerikanische buchwesen,' Leipzig, Karl W. Hiersemann, 1937."
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 01, 2002
Contents
Foreword.
pt. I. Book production and distribution from the beginning to the war between the states, by L.C. Wroth.
pt. II. Book production and distribution from 1860 to the present day, by Hellmut Lehmann-Haupt.
pt. III. American book collecting and the growth of libraries, by Ruth S. Granniss.
Bibliography (p. 385-422).
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