The Cambridge History of the Book in Britain, Vol. 6: 1830-1914 (Volume 6) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521866243 ISBN 13: 9780521866248

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2009

Synopsis

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 seeking books at all price levels. The essays by leading book historians in this volume show how books became cheap, how publishers used the magazine and newspaper markets to extend their influence, and how book ownership became universal for the first time. The fullest account ever published of the nineteenth-century revolution in printing, publishing and bookselling, this volume brings the Cambridge History of the Book in Britain up to a point when the world of books took on a recognisably modern form.

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Book Description:

The fullest account ever published of the nineteenth-century revolution in printing, publishing and bookselling, this volume brings The Cambridge History of the Book in Britain up to a point when the world of books took on a recognisably modern form.

About the Author:

David McKitterick is Fellow and Librarian of Trinity College, Cambridge, and Honorary Professor of Historical Bibliography in the University of Cambridge.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0521866243
• ISBN 13: 9780521866248
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 826
• Editor: McKitterick David