Golden Multitudes: The Story of Best Sellers in the United States, Volume 10Macmillan Company, 1947 - 357 pages |
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Page 173
... reached by cheap publication in paper covers or by the subscription method . But by its third year enough enthusiastic readers were recommending Ben - Hur to other readers who were soon to be its ardent advocates to still an- other ...
... reached by cheap publication in paper covers or by the subscription method . But by its third year enough enthusiastic readers were recommending Ben - Hur to other readers who were soon to be its ardent advocates to still an- other ...
Page 240
... reached a million and a half or more in the United States . Perhaps four or five times those amounts would give the grand totals for all the Tarzan books . Outdoor adventure , especially in the form of " westerns , " continues a staple ...
... reached a million and a half or more in the United States . Perhaps four or five times those amounts would give the grand totals for all the Tarzan books . Outdoor adventure , especially in the form of " westerns , " continues a staple ...
Page 265
... reached the million mark as yet , they are close to it . Sherlock Holmes did much to stimulate the production of good detective stories . Of course , the weekly " Old Sleuth , " " Old Cap Collier , " and " Nick Carter " nickel ...
... reached the million mark as yet , they are close to it . Sherlock Holmes did much to stimulate the production of good detective stories . Of course , the weekly " Old Sleuth , " " Old Cap Collier , " and " Nick Carter " nickel ...
Contents
Vox Pop | 1 |
What Is a Best Seller? | 6 |
Religion and Sensation in Colonial Times II | 11 |
Copyright | |
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