Joseph whitaker: 'mechanic' to the victorian book trade
Auteur :
Calder, Rachel
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9781009645102
Date de publication :
13 août 2026
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Joseph Whitaker is best remembered today as the originator of Whitaker's Almanack, but he was also one of the most important publishers of the nineteenth century. As editor of The Bookseller, he had a panoramic view of the book trade and studied the commercial and structural forces that shaped its activities.