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  2. Books in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Simon J. Bronner (ed.), "Book Clubs", Encyclopedia of American Studies, Johns Hopkins University Press, OCLC 213273863 + "Print Culture" Rare Book School (in Virginia) bibliographies: History of the Book in America: A Survey from Colonial to Modern; History of the Book in America, c. 1700–1830; American Book in the Industrial Era, 1820–1940

  3. Early American publishers and printers - Wikipedia

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    The first book on record printed on an American printing-press needing the services of a bookbinder was The Whole Book of Psalms, published at Cambridge in 1640. [239] John Ratcliff of the seventeenth century is the first identifiable bookbinder in colonial America, credited for binding Eliot's Indian Bible in 1663. [240]

  4. A History of the Book in America - Wikipedia

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    A History of the Book in America is a five-volume series of scholarly books of essays published 2000–2010 by the University of North Carolina Press, and edited by David D. Hall. [1] Topics include printing, publishing, book selling, reading, and other aspects of print culture in colonial America and the United States.

  5. Bibliography of early American publishers and printers

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    Bibliography of early American publishers and printers is a selection of books, journals and other sigmass devoted to these topics covering their careers and other activities before, during and after the American Revolution. Various works that are not primarily devoted to those topics, but whose content devotes itself to them in significant ...

  6. List of early American publishers and printers - Wikipedia

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    A typical printing press of the 18th century. List of early American publishers and printers is a stand alone list of Wikipedia articles about publishers and printers in colonial and early America, intended as a quick reference, with basic descriptions taken from the ledes of the respective articles.

  7. Marquis Who's Who - Wikipedia

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    Founded in 1898 by Albert Nelson Marquis as an American counterpoint to the UK-oriented publication of the same name (published by A.C. Black since 1849 and, notably, including substantial biographies since 1897), the first edition of the publication contained concise biographies of more than 8,500 "distinguished Americans".

  8. History of books - Wikipedia

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    In this era, the kitab-khana ("book house") was a term serving three definitions – first, it was a public library for the storing and preservation of the books; secondly, it also referred to an individual's own private collection of books; and thirdly to a workshop where books were made with calligraphers, bookbinders and papermakers worked ...

  9. History of bookselling - Wikipedia

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    Paternoster Row, London, was for over a hundred years the centre of this industry, where retail booksellers, busily engaged in obtaining the books ordered by the book-buying public. It is where the publisher calls first on showing or "subscribing" a new book, a critical process, for by the number thus ordered the fate of a book is sometimes ...