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.
Contributors: Wroth, Lawrence C. 1884-1970.; Wroth, Lawrence C. 1884-1970.; Silver, Rollo G. 1909-; Lehmann-Haupt, Hellmut, 1903-
Edition: 2nd ed., Rev. and enl. ed.
Publisher: R.R. Bowker Co.
Published: 1951
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 493
Subjects: Printing -- United States -- History.; Booksellers and bookselling -- United States -- History.; Publishers and publishing -- United States -- History.; Libraries -- United States -- History.; Book collectors -- United States.
Description: This is an important reference book for public libraries, school and college libraries -- an exceedingly useful and competent survey of books, their production and distribution, from the Colonial Days to the present. There is a vast amount of sound fact, a good deal that stimulates the imagination. Perhaps there was no place for a more dramatic handling of the material, but one can see where this might have been made livelier reading. However, it is a serious study, done in collaboration with Ruth Shepard Granniss and Lawrence C. Wroth -- a work that was needed. - Kirkus Review.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 422-466) and index.
Translation of: Das amerikanische Buchwesen.
Table of contents: title: Book production and distribution from the beginning to the American Revolution / by Lawrence C. Wroth.  Book production and distribution from the American Revolution to the War between the States / by Lawrence C. Wroth and Rollo G. Silver.  Book production and distribution from 1860 to the present day / by Hellmut Lehmann-Haupt.