The Culture of the Publisher’s Series, Volume One: Authors, Publishers and the Shaping of Taste

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Introduction....Pages 1-61
Market Forces and Modernisation in the French Book Trade in the Last Century of the ‘Ancien Régime’ and in the Early Nineteenth Century: Some Reflections on the Emergence of the Publisher’s Series....Pages 62-71
The Paperback Revolution in France, 1850–1950....Pages 72-87
Canonicity, Reprint Publishing, and Copyright....Pages 88-105
‘To Undertake Such Works as They Find to Be Wanted’: The Early Years of the Clarendon Press Series....Pages 106-124
Personality, Appreciation and Literary Education: Harrap’s Poetry and Life Series, 1911–1930....Pages 125-140
Excavating Original African American ‘Pulp Fiction’: W.W. Norton’s Old School Books....Pages 141-155
The Symbiotic Relationship of Thomas Nelson & Sons and John Buchan within the Publisher’s Series....Pages 156-170
The Series as Commodity: Marketing T. Fisher Unwin’s Pseudonym and Autonym Libraries....Pages 171-187
Sifting out ‘Rubbish’ in the Literature of the Twenties and Thirties: Chatto & Windus and the Phoenix Library....Pages 188-201
Behind the Scenes at the Albatross Press: A Modern Press for Modern Times....Pages 202-218
‘Sound Information and Innocent Amusement’: John Murray’s Books on the Move....Pages 219-236
Back Matter....Pages 237-257