Golden Multitudes: The Story of Best Sellers in the United States, Volume 10Macmillan Company, 1947 - 357 pages |
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... half per cent , which Bliss claimed represented half of the profits . The new book was also successful , though it never quite reached the best seller level . But The Adventures of Tom Sawyer , published in the same fashion in 1876 ...
... half per cent , which Bliss claimed represented half of the profits . The new book was also successful , though it never quite reached the best seller level . But The Adventures of Tom Sawyer , published in the same fashion in 1876 ...
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... half of them Tarzans . How many copies have been cir- culated it is impossible to tell , because limited copyrights were often sold out- right ; but Edgar Rice Burroughs , Inc. , estimates Tarzan of the Apes has ex- ceeded five million ...
... half of them Tarzans . How many copies have been cir- culated it is impossible to tell , because limited copyrights were often sold out- right ; but Edgar Rice Burroughs , Inc. , estimates Tarzan of the Apes has ex- ceeded five million ...
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... half a million copies . H. G. Wells ' Mr. Britling Sees It Through , which topped the Bookman lists for 1917 , helped Americans to understand the popular English attitude toward the war . Service's Rhymes of a Red Cross Man led the non ...
... half a million copies . H. G. Wells ' Mr. Britling Sees It Through , which topped the Bookman lists for 1917 , helped Americans to understand the popular English attitude toward the war . Service's Rhymes of a Red Cross Man led the non ...
Contents
Vox Pop | 1 |
What Is a Best Seller? | 6 |
Religion and Sensation in Colonial Times II | 11 |
Copyright | |
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