The book in America
Subtitle: a history of the making and selling of books in the United States
By: by Hellmut Lehmann-Haupt in collaboration with Lawrence C. Wroth and Rollo G. Silver.
Edition: 2d [rev. and enl. American] ed.
Publisher: Bowker
Published: 1951
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 493
Subjects: Printing -- United States -- History.; Booksellers and bookselling -- United States.; Publishers and publishing -- United States.; Libraries -- United States.; Book collectors -- United States.
Notes: First published in Leipsig in 1937 under title: Das amerikanische Buchwesen.
Table of contents: value: Book production and distribution from the beginning to the American Revolution, by L. C. Wroth.; value: Book production and distribution from the American Revolution to the War between the States, by L. C. Wroth and R. G. Silver.; value: Book production and distribution from 1860 to the present day, by H. Lehmann-Haupt.; value: Bibliography (p. 422-466)