American Literary Publishing in the Mid-Nineteenth Century: The Business of Ticknor and Fields

by Michael Winship, Terry Belanger, David McKitterick

Book Overview

This is a study of some of the central questions in literary publishing in mid-nineteenth-century North America and Britain, addressed through examination of the unusually rich archives of a unique publishing firm. Boston-based Ticknor and Fields, one of the pre-eminent literary publishers of its time, enjoyed close links with Britain, and also developed new production, distribution, and marketing skills as the settlement of North America pushed ever...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521454697
• ISBN13: 9780521454698
• Release Date: October 1995
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 268 Pages
• Weight: 1.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.2"