Henry Benjamin Wheatley

Prices of Books

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This 1898 publication traces the market value of books in England from the seventeenth century to the late nineteenth century.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Dezember 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 420g
• ISBN-13: 9781108078009
• ISBN-10: 1108078001
• Artikelnr.: 41611724

Inhaltsangabe

Editor's introduction
Preface
1. Introduction
2. Sellers of books
3. Prices of manuscript books
4. Published prices
5. Auction sales in the seventeenth century
6. Auction sales in the eighteenth century
7. Auction sales in the nineteenth century
8. Prices of early printed books
9. Prices of early English literature - Caxtons, etc.
10. Prices of Shakespeare's works
11. Prices of various classes of books
Index.