Preachers, peddlers, and publishers: Philadelphia's...
Looks at information on the Philadelphia publishing trade in the 1800s. What was done by urban publishers; Formation of an association of American booksellers by Matthew Carey; Beliefs of Carey; Details of ambitions of booksellers to spread throughout the country; Hopes of publishers for their book...
| Publicado en: | Journal of the Early Republic Vol. 14; no. 4; pp. 498 - 524 |
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University of North Carolina Press
Winter94
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| Sumario: | Looks at information on the Philadelphia publishing trade in the 1800s. What was done by urban publishers; Formation of an association of American booksellers by Matthew Carey; Beliefs of Carey; Details of ambitions of booksellers to spread throughout the country; Hopes of publishers for their books to be sold; What happened before Philadelphia publishers obtained the advantage of getting their books on the market; Necessity for urban publishers to sell their books. |
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