The Romance of book Selling: a History From the Earliest Times to the Twentieth Century

The beginnings of the book world.--Through the dark ages.--The dawn of printing.--The book trade under Queen Elizabeth.--Shakespeare's publishers.--Through the reign of James I.--Charles I. and the commonwealth.--The restoration and the revolution.--The early eighteenth century.--In Dr. Johnson's day.--The end of the golden age of bookselling.--The last half-century.--Publishers of to-day.--Appendix I. The original charter of the Stationers' company, granted by Philip and Mary, 1557.--Appendix I