Between Covers goes behind the famous imprints to tell the often surprising story of the men and women who have made up more than two centuries of American book publishing. The only comprehensive, single-volume history of the profession, it is a book rich in life and color, in anecdote and biography. John Tebbel offers fascinating portraits of the founders of the great houses--the Harper brothers, George Palmer Putnam, the Scribners, Henry Oscar Houghton, among them--as well as of the figures who led the industry after the First World War--Alfred A. Knopf, Horace Liveright, Bennett Cerf, Stanley Rinehart, Alfred Harcourt, and many others. Tebbel traces the evolution of the industry through a fascinating series of developments: the astonishing rise of paperbacks before the Civil War, book selling through subscription, the great fiction boom of the 1890s, bouts with censorship, the tremendous growth of specialized publishing, and the escalating role of advertising, promotion, and publicity. The closing pages deal with the explosion in mass market publishing of the postwar era and the entry of conglomerates, and examine the state of publishing today. Based on the author's monumental four-volume History of Book Publishing in the United States, Between Covers will be of enormous appeal to everyone who loves books and reading.
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1/4 cloth. Condizione: Very good. Condizione sovraccoperta: very good. First Edition. Salmon colored boards with 1/4 gray cloth, red gilt lettering on spine, Unclipped dust jacket. Shortened version of the author's four-volume "A History of Book Publishing in the United States." 514pp. Codice articolo 752
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Hard Cover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. 514 pages. The book has ex library markings and a little wear and tanning. The dust jacket is covered in clear plastic fixed with tape that has left tape stains. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown. Size: Size F: 8"-9" Tall (203-228mm). Ex Library. Codice articolo 118045
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1987, xi,514pp. Hardcover, halfcloth, with dust jacket. In very good condition. Pakketzending. Codice articolo 65796
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Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. Brown paper boards with grey spine and red stamped print along spine. Corners are lightly bumped and rubbed. Boards are slightly cocked. Bit of rubbing along extremities. Binding is solid. Interior is unmarked, text is all bright and clean. Page edges are lightly soiled. Dust-jacket is in great shape though age-toned and soiled, price-clipped and has typical wear along extremities. Codice articolo 004853
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