The romance of book selling
Subtitle: a history from the earliest times to the twentieth century
By: by Frank A. Mumby ... with a bibliography by W. H. Peet.
Contributors: Peet, W. H. 1840-1916.
Publisher: Chapman & Hall, limited
Published: 1910
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 490
Subjects: Booksellers and bookselling -- Great Britain; Publishers and publishing -- Great Britain; Booksellers and bookselling -- Bibliography; Publishers and publishing -- Bibliography
Table of contents: title: The beginnings of the book world.; title: Through the dark ages.; title: The dawn of printing.; title: The book trade under Queen Elizabeth.; title: Shakespeare's publishers.; title: Through the reign of James I.; title: Charles I. and the commonwealth.; title: The restoration and the revolution.; title: The early eighteenth century.; title: In Dr. Johnson's day.; title: The end of the golden age of bookselling.; title: The last half-century.; title: Publishers of to-day.; title: Appendix I. The original charter of the Stationers' company, granted by Philip and Mary, 1557.; title: Appendix II. Bibliography of publishing and bookselling. By W. H. Peet <Reprinted (with additions) from Notes and queries>; title: Index.