The English Gentleman's Library Manual: Or, A Guide to the Formation of a Library of Select Literature; Accompanied with Original Notices, Biographical and Critical, of Authors and BooksW. Goodhugh, 1827 - 392 pages |
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... 69 . Booksellers of Little Britain , 71 . Anecdotes of Edmund Curll , 72 . Edward Cave , 73 . Loss of Books at the Fire of London , 74 . William Caxton , 75 . German Book Trade , 76 . Poor Authors of Grub vili CONTENTS .
... 69 . Booksellers of Little Britain , 71 . Anecdotes of Edmund Curll , 72 . Edward Cave , 73 . Loss of Books at the Fire of London , 74 . William Caxton , 75 . German Book Trade , 76 . Poor Authors of Grub vili CONTENTS .
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... Trade , 76 . Poor Authors of Grub Street , 83 . Biography in Collections , 84 . Detached or Single Lives , 87 . Memoirs and Anecdotes , 94 . LITERARY INDUSTRY , 105 . LIBRARIES OF USEFUL KNOWLEDGE , 107 . GEOGRAPHY , 124 . ENGLISH ...
... Trade , 76 . Poor Authors of Grub Street , 83 . Biography in Collections , 84 . Detached or Single Lives , 87 . Memoirs and Anecdotes , 94 . LITERARY INDUSTRY , 105 . LIBRARIES OF USEFUL KNOWLEDGE , 107 . GEOGRAPHY , 124 . ENGLISH ...
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... trade of London divides itself into four branches . The general retail bookseller ; the dealer in old or second - hand books ; the wholesale bookseller , who executes country and foreign orders ; and the publishing or manufacturing ...
... trade of London divides itself into four branches . The general retail bookseller ; the dealer in old or second - hand books ; the wholesale bookseller , who executes country and foreign orders ; and the publishing or manufacturing ...
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... trades at that period . Among a large collection of publishers lists I select another as a specimen of the taste of the age , and the kind of literary specu lations they embarked in . Books printed for William Crooke , Bookseller , at ...
... trades at that period . Among a large collection of publishers lists I select another as a specimen of the taste of the age , and the kind of literary specu lations they embarked in . Books printed for William Crooke , Bookseller , at ...
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... trades in general in the 17th century , as Mr. Malone observes , was less liberal , and their manners more rigid ... trade , Tonson had acquired a sufficient sum to purchase an estate near Ledbury , in Herefordshire . In 1703 he went ...
... trades in general in the 17th century , as Mr. Malone observes , was less liberal , and their manners more rigid ... trade , Tonson had acquired a sufficient sum to purchase an estate near Ledbury , in Herefordshire . In 1703 he went ...
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