Booksellers as Publishers in Estonia in the Second Half of the Nineteenth Century and at the Beginning of the Twentieth Century.
The article handles general developments and changes in book trade and publishing which took place in Estonia during the second half of the nineteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth century. The aim is to show the publishing activities of Estonian booksellers and to analyse the activitie...
| Published in: | Library History Vol. 24; no. 3; pp. 240 - 250 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Sep2008
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