Format:
1 Online-Ressource
Edition:
Farmington Hills, Mi Gale 2007 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
9780810357150
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0810357151
Series Statement:
Dictionary of literary biography v. 154
Content:
John Almon -William Bingley - William Blackwood and Sons, Ltd. -William Blake - Cadell - William Collins Sons and Company - Archibald Constable and Company - J. Coote - Joseph Cottle -William Creech - Edmund Curll - Thomas Davies - Edward and Charles Dilly - Anne Dodd - R. Dodsley - James Edwards - George Faulkner - Robert and Andrew Foulis - M.J. Godwin and Company - Ralph Griffiths - Joseph Johnson - J.J. and P. Knapton - Longman - Andrew Millar - The Minerva Press - Benjamin Motte Jr. - John Murray - John Newbery - Samuel Richardson - Charles Rivington - James Roberts -Simkin and Marshall - William Smellie - Smith, Elder and Company -William Strahan - The Strawberry Hill Press - Effingham Wilson.
Content:
Chronicles the period of transition for the British book trade that saw the emergence of some great manes of the trade, but was also a time when publishing firms most often were still controlled by single individuals who made judgments based on literary merit, political alliances and pressures, friendships, or the prospect of high profits
Note:
Original 366 p
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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Mode of access: Internet.
Language:
English
URL:
Available via Gale's Dictionary of Literary Biography Complete Online
