advertising in books
Advertising in books has existed in some form since printed books became a marketable commodity in the Gutenberg era. Printers’ devices served as early forms of trademark, giving printers a ...
Alfred W. Stern
(1881–1960) American book collector and businessman.In the 1920s, Stern began developing the largest collection of books, MSS, sheet music, memorabilia, and ephemera (see 14) relating to Abraham ...
architectural book
A conventional history of architecture publishing sees a text-orientated progress from the recovery of Vitruvius in the Italian Renaissance, through its celebration and elaboration in Mannerism and ...
ballad
A poem or song narrating a story in short stanzas. Traditional ballads are typically of unknown authorship, having been passed on orally from one generation to the next as part of the folk culture. ...
billhead
A tradesman’s or commercial firm’s printed bill, typically bearing the concern’s name and contact details, most often embellished with an illustration—frequently a shop sign or a depiction of the ...
book
A book is the emblem of St Anne, St Augustine, St Bernard, and other saints.Recorded from Old English (in form bōc, originally meaning also ‘a document or charter’), the word is of Germanic origin, ...
Books in Print
Reference work listing currently available book titles and editions in the US. It began as an annual published in 1948 by Bowker, and eventually became an electronic resource. Related serials ...
Bradbury and Evans
William Bradbury (1800–1869) and Frederick Mullet Evans (1803–70), English printers from 1830, took over from Bradbury’s failed partnership with William Dent. Initially printers of legal work, they ...
Carter Burden
(1941–96) American book collector and businessman.Burden assembled a collection of American literature from 1880 to the present, amounting to 80,000 items, including books, MSS, and ephemera (see ...
Cassell & Co.
London publishing house founded in 1848 by John Cassell (1817–65), temperance activist and wholesale tea and coffee merchant. During his life, the firm’s characteristic publications were cheap, ...
Century Co.
Founded in New York in 1881, when Scribner & Co., the magazine department of Charles Scribner’s Sons, separated from the parent company. Roswell Smith—who had founded Scribner’s Monthly in 1870 ...
Charles Knight
(1791–1873)Born in Windsor, the son of a bookseller; he became an influential publisher and writer who did much to introduce the sale of cheap books. Though his own formal ...
coffee houses
The first coffee house in England was reputedly established in London in 1650 at the Angel. They became popular after the Restoration and remained so during the 18th century. The fashion spread ...
Declaration of Independence
The foundation document of the United States of America, which proclaimed American separation from Britain and was adopted by the Continental Congress on 4 July 1776. Its principal author was Thomas ...
Double Crown Club
London dining club of artists, publishers, and typographers founded by Oliver Simon and colleagues in 1924 to promote the appreciation of good printing by discussion and influence rather than ...
Elzevir
16th–17th cent.Dutch family of printers at Leiden and Amsterdam, celebrated for the neatness and accuracy of their editions, esp. their pocket texts. In 1624 they issued their first edition ...
Enschedé Museum, Haarlem
Since its foundation in 1703, Joh. Enschedé and Sons has been one of the foremost printing, publishing, and typefounding firms of The Netherlands. Besides being keen to preserve the company ...
ESTC
A union catalogue listing books, pamphlets, serials (see magazine, origins of), and ephemera (see 14) printed between 1473 and 1800 in Britain, Ireland, the US, and British colonial territories, ...
extra-illustration
A popular practice of the 18th and 19th centuries, extra-illustration, or grangerization, is the addition of material to a book by someone other than the publisher. Insertions, often culled from ...
Fales, De Coursey
(1888–1966) American book collector, lawyer, and banker.He collected English and American literature of the 18th and 19th centuries, acquiring MSS, association copies, first and subsequent editions, ...
