Between Covers: The Rise and Transformation of Book Publishing in America

by John William Tebbel

Between Covers goes behind the famous imprints to tell the often surprising story of the men and women who have made up more than two centuries of American book publishing. The only comprehensive, single-volume history of the profession, it is a book rich in life and color, in anecdote and biography. John Tebbel offers fascinating portraits of the founders of the great houses--the Harper brothers, George Palmer Putnam, the Scribners, Henry Oscar Houghton,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195041895
• ISBN13: 9780195041897
• Release Date: January 1987
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 525 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.4" x 9.5"