Golden Multitudes: The Story of Best Sellers in the United States, Volume 10Macmillan Company, 1947 - 357 pages |
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... London correspondent that American publishers * were " so very active " that it was imperative to forward books that would bear republication in America to him " by first and fastest sailing ves- sels " so he could beat everyone else in ...
... London correspondent that American publishers * were " so very active " that it was imperative to forward books that would bear republication in America to him " by first and fastest sailing ves- sels " so he could beat everyone else in ...
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... London before that house was established in America ; but Dodgson and John Tenniel , the illustrator , objected to the presswork on the book and the publishers recalled the few hundred copies that had already gone to the book- sellers ...
... London before that house was established in America ; but Dodgson and John Tenniel , the illustrator , objected to the presswork on the book and the publishers recalled the few hundred copies that had already gone to the book- sellers ...
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... London , Jack , 234-35 , 312 . London Athenaeum , 80 . London Examiner , 145 . London Times , 92 . quoted , 81 . MacGrath , Harold , 209-10 . McGuffey , William Holmes , 58 , 300 . McGuffey's Readers , 58 , 63 . McIntosh , Maria J ...
... London , Jack , 234-35 , 312 . London Athenaeum , 80 . London Examiner , 145 . London Times , 92 . quoted , 81 . MacGrath , Harold , 209-10 . McGuffey , William Holmes , 58 , 300 . McGuffey's Readers , 58 , 63 . McIntosh , Maria J ...
Contents
Vox Pop | 1 |
What Is a Best Seller? | 6 |
Religion and Sensation in Colonial Times II | 11 |
Copyright | |
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