Format:
1 Online-Ressource
Edition:
Farmington Hills, Mi Gale 2007 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
9780810345928
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0810345927
Series Statement:
Dictionary of literary biography v. 112
Content:
George Allen & Unwin Limited -- Angus and Robertson (UK) Limited -- Edward Arnold -- Ashendene Press -- Athlone Press -- Arthur Barker Limited -- Barrie and Jenkins -- Geoffrey Bles -- Bodley Head -- British Academy -- John Calder (Publishers) Limited -- Jonathan Cape Limited -- Constable and Company Limited -- Cresset Press -- Cuala Press -- Peter Davies Limited -- J.M. Dent and Sons -- Andre Deutsch Limited -- Doves Press -- Gerald Duckworth and Company Limited -- Edinburgh University Press -- Eragny Press -- Essex House Press -- Faber and Faber Limited -- Fanfrolico Press -- Folio Society -- Golden Cockerel Press -- Victor Gollancz Limited -- Gregynog Press -- Grey Walls Press -- Hamish Hamilton Limited -- George G. Harrap and Company Limited -- Rupert Hart-Davis Limited -- Harvill Press Limited -- William Heinemann Limited -- Hogarth Press -- Hutchinson and Company (Publishers) Limited -- Herbert Jenkins Limited -- Michael Joseph Limited -- Kelmscott Press -- John Lehmann Limited -- Leicester University Press -- Liverpool University Press -- Macdonald and Company (Publishers) -- Manchester University Press -- Elkin Mathews -- Merlin Press -- Methuen and Company -- Mills and Boon -- Eveleigh Nash -- George Newnes Limited -- Nonesuch Press -- Octopus Publishing Group -- Odhams Press Limited -- Osgood, McIlvaine and Company -- Peter Owen Limited -- Pan Books Limited -- Stanley Paul and Company Limited -- Pear Tree Press -- Penguin Books -- Phaidon Press Limited -- Porpoise Press -- Review of Reviews Office -- Grant Richards -- St. Dominic's Press -- Scholartis Press -- Walter Scott Publishing Company Limited -- Martin Secker -- Martin Secker and Warburg Limited -- Seizin Press -- Shakespeare Head Press -- Sheed and Ward Limited -- Sidgwick and Jackson Limited -- Leonard Smithers -- Studio -- Thames and Hudson Limited -- University of Wales Press -- Vale Press -- Vine Press -- Weidenfeld and Nicolson -- Allan Wingate -- Wishart and Company.
Content:
Contains concise individual company histories on the publishing houses in Britain from the dawn of the early modern book trade (from the then common practice of a publisher commissioning, financing, printing, and selling publications directly to the public) to the modern era of specialization and the establishment of publishing as a distinct trade separate from printing and bookselling
Note:
Original 420 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
