Golden Multitudes: The Story of Best Sellers in the United States, Volume 10Macmillan Company, 1947 - 357 pages |
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Page 84
... Dickens ' books took on a somewhat different aspect . The old Carey firm in Philadelphia , known throughout the publication of Dickens ' early books as Lea & Blanchard , had been , in some respects , the preëmi- nent Dickens publishers ...
... Dickens ' books took on a somewhat different aspect . The old Carey firm in Philadelphia , known throughout the publication of Dickens ' early books as Lea & Blanchard , had been , in some respects , the preëmi- nent Dickens publishers ...
Page 86
... Dickens . Thus Belford , Clarke & Company , of Chicago , sold in the neighborhood of 40,000 sets of Dickens in the eighties at $ 4 to $ 5 . John B. Alden , formerly of Chicago but now of New York , advertised in his catalogue of 1888 ...
... Dickens . Thus Belford , Clarke & Company , of Chicago , sold in the neighborhood of 40,000 sets of Dickens in the eighties at $ 4 to $ 5 . John B. Alden , formerly of Chicago but now of New York , advertised in his catalogue of 1888 ...
Page 87
... Dickens put less humor than he was wont , and it might not rank so high in the scale of popularity were it not for the efforts of the schoolmasters . In Oliver Twist , fourth in the list , there is less of obvious fantasy , but more of ...
... Dickens put less humor than he was wont , and it might not rank so high in the scale of popularity were it not for the efforts of the schoolmasters . In Oliver Twist , fourth in the list , there is less of obvious fantasy , but more of ...
Contents
Vox Pop | 1 |
What Is a Best Seller? | 6 |
Religion and Sensation in Colonial Times II | 11 |
Copyright | |
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