[Publishing History] Stern, Madeleine B.

Imprints on History. Book Publishers and American Frontiers.

Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1956. First Printing of the First US Edition. A Fine copy in a Very Good plus dust jacket with a small chip near the head of the spine. Ms Stern, herself a highly respected member of rare book trade, tells the history of early American pioneer publishers whose role was a purveyor of civilization and a cultural force in America's rapid growth. Through colorful biograsphies of individual publishers nineteenth century America is mirrored: the ante-bellum South and Reconstruction, transcendentalism and the Civil War and thr breaking of far West. Item #27867

Price: $75.00