Essays in the History of Publishing in Celebration of the 250th Anniversary of the House of Longman, 1724-1974

Longmans, London, first edition, 1974. Cloth, tall 8vo, 27 cm,. viii, 468 pp, ills (some colour). From the blurb: "To celebrate their two hundred and fiftieth anniversary as a commercial Publishing house, Longman have published this volume of essays on various aspects of the history of the trade. Some are concerned specifically with the House of Longman, and a number reflect those areas of Publishing which have been of particular interest to the House throughout its history. The essays taken together present a mixture of views, to do with situations, events and publications which have taken place during the long history of one Publishing house." Contents: Introduction: At the Sign of the Ship, by Asa Briggs; Copyright and Society, by Ian Parsons; Presenting Shakespeare, by David Daiches; The Edinburgh Review: the life and death of a periodical, by John Cuve; Disraeli's Endymen: a case study, by Annabel Jones; The View from Badminton, by Asa Briggs; Latin for Yesterday, by Robert Ogilvie; Tracts, Rewards and Fairies : the Victorian contribution to children's literature, by Brian Alderson; The Paperback Revolution, by Hans Schmoller; Beyond the Book, by Susan Holmes and Tim Rix; Education and Publishing in Transition, by Roy Yglesias; Planning for Change, by Tony Becher and Brian Young; References; Index. Very Good in slightly used dustwrapper.