The History of Oxford University Press: Volume II: 1780 to 1896

Author:   Simon Eliot (University of London)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Volume:   Volume II
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9780199543151


Pages:   832
Publication Date:   14 November 2013
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Simon Eliot (University of London)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Volume:   Volume II
Dimensions:   Width: 18.40cm , Height: 5.40cm , Length: 25.20cm
Weight:   1.648kg
ISBN:  

9780199543151


ISBN 10:   0199543151
Pages:   832
Publication Date:   14 November 2013
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order   Availability explained
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Simon Eliot: General Introduction Part One: The Press 1: Mark Curthoys: The Press and the University 2: Simon Eliot: The Evolution of a Printer and Publisher 1780-1896 3: Simon Eliot: Machines, Materials, and Money 4: Robert Banham: The Work Force 5: Maureen Green: The Look of the Books 6: Mary Hammond: The London Connection 7: John Feather: Authors and Publishers Part Two: Its Books 8: Amy Flanders with Stephen Colclough: The Bible Press 9: Michael Ledger-Lomas: Theology, Divinity, Sermons 10: Christopher Stray: Classics 11: Christopher Stray: Educational Publishing 12: Jonathan Topham: Science, Mathematics, and Medicine 13: Simon Eliot and Christopher Stray: History, Law, and Literature 14: Elizabeth Knowles: Dictionaries and Other Works of Reference Part Three: Its Markets 15: Simon Eliot: The Press and the Book Trade 16: Stephen Colclough: Press Books in the UK 17: Robert Fraser: Press Books abroad Simon Eliot: Conclusion Appendices

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Simon Eliot is Professor of the History of the Book in the Institute of English Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London. He directs the MA in the History of the Book, and the London Rare Books School. He is a visiting professor of book history at the Open University, where he set up the Reading Experience Database (RED), and at the University of Reading. He has published on quantitative book history, publishing history, the history of reading, the history of lighting, and library history. He has co-edited The Blackwell Companion to the History of the Book and Literary Cultures and the Material Book. He is General Editor of the new multi-volume History of Oxford University Press.

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