Golden Multitudes: The Story of Best Sellers in the United States, Volume 10Macmillan Company, 1947 - 357 pages |
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Page 78
... began to publish in rapid succession popular English novels in brown paper covers at twenty - five cents ; and when even this was ineffective , they reduced their price to half of that at retail , with a third off to the booksellers ...
... began to publish in rapid succession popular English novels in brown paper covers at twenty - five cents ; and when even this was ineffective , they reduced their price to half of that at retail , with a third off to the booksellers ...
Page 152
... began his Revolution Pamphlets , in which he pub- lished separate plays of Shakespeare , essays of Macaulay , etc. , at only three cents ; in 1883 he changed the name to Elzevir Library and varied the prices from two to fifteen cents ...
... began his Revolution Pamphlets , in which he pub- lished separate plays of Shakespeare , essays of Macaulay , etc. , at only three cents ; in 1883 he changed the name to Elzevir Library and varied the prices from two to fifteen cents ...
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... began his lifelong and successful struggle against tuberculosis . He went first to the Ozarks , in Missouri , search- ing for health , painting landscapes , doing odd jobs for a livelihood . There , like his own Shepherd of the Hills ...
... began his lifelong and successful struggle against tuberculosis . He went first to the Ozarks , in Missouri , search- ing for health , painting landscapes , doing odd jobs for a livelihood . There , like his own Shepherd of the Hills ...
Contents
Vox Pop I | 1 |
What Is a Best Seller? | 6 |
Religion and Sensation in Colonial Times II | 11 |
Copyright | |
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