Title:
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LIVES IN PRINT
BIOGRAPHY AND THE BOOK TRADE FROM THE MIDDLE AGES TO THE 21ST CENTURY |
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Hardback |
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£25.00 |
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ISBN 10: |
0712347968 |
ISBN 13: |
9780712347969 |
Publisher: |
THE BRITISH LIBRARY PUBLISHING DIVISION |
Pub. date: |
1 December, 2002 |
Pages: |
212 |
Description: |
This collection of essays focuses on two specific areas: the men and women who earned a living in the production and distribution of books and serials; and how biographies of a widening range of individuals became one of the staples of the business of publishing. |
Synopsis: |
This collection of essays focuses on two specific areas: the men and women who earned a living in the production and distribution of books and serials; and how biographies of a widening range of individuals became one of the staples of the business of publishing. The contributors show the development of biography as a published genre from medieval accounts of saints to 17th-century collectors as national worthies, through to the present-day production of the multi-volume DNB (Dictionary of National Biography). |
Illustrations: |
16 b&w illustrations |
Returns: |
Returnable |