Buy this book on-line Knopf, Alfred A : Publishing Then and Now, 1912 - 1964; Twenty-first of the R. R. Bowker Memorial LecturesThe New York Public Library, New York, 1964
23-page booklet. "The Richard Rogers Bowker Memorial Lectures have been established at The New York Public Library as an aid and stimulus to the study of book publishing in the United States and the problems common to authors, publishers, librarians, readers, all makers and users of books." The author describes the many ways in which publishing has changed in the last fifty years -- authors expecting more from their editors, the inability of writers to write "competent straightforward English prose", "too many books are published, most of them doomed in advance to a short and inglorious life", etc.. Book. Book Condition: Collectible-Fine. Binding: Soft cover Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Knopf, Alfred A : Publishing Then and Now, 1912 - 1964; Twenty-first of the R. R. Bowker Memorial Lectures. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including antiquarian books, libri antichi, livres illustrées, collectables and out-of-print books. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |