Author: Charles Godfrey Leland
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Category : Caricatures and cartoons
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
A collection of cartoons and satirical verses.
Ye Book of Copperheads
Author: Charles Godfrey Leland
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Category : Caricatures and cartoons
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
A collection of cartoons and satirical verses.
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Category : Caricatures and cartoons
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
A collection of cartoons and satirical verses.
Publications of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts
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Category : Massachusetts
Languages : en
Pages : 644
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Primarily consists of: Transactions, v. 1, 3, 5-8, 10-14, 17-21, 24-28, 32, 34-35, 38, 42-43; and: Collections, v. 2, 4, 9, 15-16, 22-23, 29-31, 33, 36-37, 39-41; also includes lists of members.
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Category : Massachusetts
Languages : en
Pages : 644
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Primarily consists of: Transactions, v. 1, 3, 5-8, 10-14, 17-21, 24-28, 32, 34-35, 38, 42-43; and: Collections, v. 2, 4, 9, 15-16, 22-23, 29-31, 33, 36-37, 39-41; also includes lists of members.
Transactions
Author: Colonial Society of Massachusetts
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Category : Massachusetts
Languages : en
Pages : 650
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Category : Massachusetts
Languages : en
Pages : 650
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How Books Came to America
Author: John Hruschka
Publisher: Penn State Press
ISBN: 027107227X
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
Anyone who pays attention to the popular press knows that the new media will soon make books obsolete. But predicting the imminent demise of the book is nothing new. At the beginning of the twentieth century, for example, some critics predicted that the electro-mechanical phonograph would soon make books obsolete. Still, despite the challenges of a century and a half of new media, books remain popular, with Americans purchasing more than eight million books each day. In How Books Came to America, John Hruschka traces the development of the American book trade from the moment of European contact with the Americas, through the growth of regional book trades in the early English colonial cities, to the more or less unified national book trade that emerged after the American Civil War and flourished in the twentieth century. He examines the variety of technological, historical, cultural, political, and personal forces that shaped the American book trade, paying particular attention to the contributions of the German bookseller Frederick Leypoldt and his journal, Publishers Weekly. Unlike many studies of the book business, How Books Came to America is more concerned with business than it is with books. Its focus is on how books are manufactured and sold, rather than how they are written and read. It is, nevertheless, the story of the people who created and influenced the book business in the colonies and the United States. Famous names in the American book trade—Benjamin Franklin, Robert Hoe, the Harpers, Henry Holt, and Melvil Dewey—are joined by more obscure names like Joseph Glover, Conrad Beissel, and the aforementioned Frederick Leypoldt. Together, they made the American book trade the unique commercial institution it is today.
Publisher: Penn State Press
ISBN: 027107227X
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
Anyone who pays attention to the popular press knows that the new media will soon make books obsolete. But predicting the imminent demise of the book is nothing new. At the beginning of the twentieth century, for example, some critics predicted that the electro-mechanical phonograph would soon make books obsolete. Still, despite the challenges of a century and a half of new media, books remain popular, with Americans purchasing more than eight million books each day. In How Books Came to America, John Hruschka traces the development of the American book trade from the moment of European contact with the Americas, through the growth of regional book trades in the early English colonial cities, to the more or less unified national book trade that emerged after the American Civil War and flourished in the twentieth century. He examines the variety of technological, historical, cultural, political, and personal forces that shaped the American book trade, paying particular attention to the contributions of the German bookseller Frederick Leypoldt and his journal, Publishers Weekly. Unlike many studies of the book business, How Books Came to America is more concerned with business than it is with books. Its focus is on how books are manufactured and sold, rather than how they are written and read. It is, nevertheless, the story of the people who created and influenced the book business in the colonies and the United States. Famous names in the American book trade—Benjamin Franklin, Robert Hoe, the Harpers, Henry Holt, and Melvil Dewey—are joined by more obscure names like Joseph Glover, Conrad Beissel, and the aforementioned Frederick Leypoldt. Together, they made the American book trade the unique commercial institution it is today.
The Limerick
Author: Bob Turvey
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476695598
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 283
Book Description
For more than 200 years, the limerick has been loved for its mordant wit, breathtaking rhymes, swinging rhythm, groaning puns, and ability to paint outrageous mental pictures. This book analyzes the limerick's origin and evolution as the best-known humorous verse form in the English-speaking world. It also examines previous attempts to capture the history of the limerick, including those that used guesswork, presented flawed conclusions and even contradicted each other. Findings are laid out logically and chronologically, so readers can easily follow the thread of every claim.
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476695598
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 283
Book Description
For more than 200 years, the limerick has been loved for its mordant wit, breathtaking rhymes, swinging rhythm, groaning puns, and ability to paint outrageous mental pictures. This book analyzes the limerick's origin and evolution as the best-known humorous verse form in the English-speaking world. It also examines previous attempts to capture the history of the limerick, including those that used guesswork, presented flawed conclusions and even contradicted each other. Findings are laid out logically and chronologically, so readers can easily follow the thread of every claim.
Library of the Late Major William H. Lambert of Philadelphia .. to be Sold ... at the Anderson Galleries
Author: William Harrison Lambert
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Category : Books
Languages : en
Pages : 684
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Category : Books
Languages : en
Pages : 684
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The Princeton University Bulletin
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Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 278
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Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 278
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Princeton University Bulletin
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Languages : en
Pages : 290
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Languages : en
Pages : 290
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Catalogue of Rare, Choice & Interesting Books & Prints, Comprising Rare First Editions, Scarce Americana, Association Books of Washington, Thackeray [etc.] Fine Bindings...Autograph Mss...second & Fourth Shakespere Folios...Original Drawings of Remington, [etc.] Contemporary Oil Portraits of Abraham Lincoln [etc.]
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Languages : en
Pages : 206
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Languages : en
Pages : 206
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A Dictionary of Books Relating to America, from Its Discovery to the Present Time
Author: Joseph Sabin
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Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 596
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Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 596
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