William Strahan was one of the leading figures in the book trade of the 18th century. As King’s Printer, MP and the owner of the greatest printing house in London. First published in 1964, Strahan’s career had for the most part been relegated to f...Loe edasi...
Everyone knows the name of Hansard, the famous record of Parliamentary proceedings. Very few people know how it began. First published in 1952, here was for the first time, the authoritative history of the Hansard family and of its work, fo...Loe edasi...
With the development of new technologies over the previous decade and more moderately priced and faster systems becoming available Electronic Publishing, originally published in 1987, provided a much-needed close look at present and potenti...Loe edasi...
Originally published in 1960, the early history of news-gathering, of advertisement blocks and displayed advertising, of women’s magazine, are among the varied aspects of the London printing trade discussed in this book. Separate chapters are devo...Loe edasi...
Originally published in 1934, The House of Routledge, 1834-1934, was published for the company’s centenary. It tells the story of George Routledge and how he forged his way to the forefront of publishing by ‘sheer indomitable energy’. One o...Loe edasi...
Originally published in 1990 and written with full access to the official records of the NGA, this book provides a remarkably detailed history of one of Britain’s most democratic and industrially effective trades unions. The author describes and a...Loe edasi...
Originally published in 1955,this book states that the lives of certain publishing houses are a direct reflection of the cultural history of the period in which they work. Of this sort of publisher no better examples could be found at the end of t...Loe edasi...
Originally published in 1957, The Book World Today was the most comprehensive survey yet attempted of the making and distribution of books in Britain at the time. All the main aspects and problems of this complicated process are expounded b...Loe edasi...
Originally published in 1939, British Book Trade Organisation: A Report on the Work of the Joint Committee is a twelve-year study of the methods of book sales in Britain. The Joint Committee issued three reports, which were summarised here...Loe edasi...
This 11-volume set, first published between 1934 and 1998, provides a comprehensive historical overview of the publishing industrys development, including key figures, technological advances, and organizational structures from the fifteenth century...Loe edasi...
Originally published in 1958, through a series of lively biographies of men important in the history of printing – Gutenberg, Caxton, Baskerville, Caslon, Senefelder, Koenig, Mergenthaler, and Lanston – Pioneers in Printing traces the growt...Loe edasi...
Originally published in 1998, when for two centuries Taylor & Francis had been committed to the publication of scholarly information. Ever since the launching of the Philosophical Magazine in 1798, the publishing company run by Richard Tayl...Loe edasi...
