Building on insights from the fields of textual criticism, bibliography, narratology, authorship studies, and book history, The Preface: American Authorship in the Twentieth Century examines the role that prefaces played in the development of professional authorship in America. …
"Aimed at being a comprehensive text on a subject that is typically specialist, A Grammar of Typography provides a detailed history of typography and discusses how the practice has changed throughout time. It discusses typography as a discipline and situates it in the context of…
This book charts the publishing industry and bestselling fiction from 1900, featuring a comprehensive list of all bestselling fiction titles in the UK. This third edition includes a new introduction which features additional information on current trends in reading including the…