The British Publishing Industry in the Nineteenth Century : The Structure of the Industry

著者名：Finkelstein, David (EDT)/Nash, Andrew (EDT)

Routledge（2024/03/14発売）

• 言語：ENG
• ISBN：9780367568344
• eISBN：9781003823605

Description

This volume assembles documents that illustrate the changing structure of the British publishing industry in the nineteenth century. It charts the increasing separation of the functions of printing, publishing and retailing in the production and distribution of books, and the emergence of new economic models of publishing. For most of the period the book trade operated on a shortage of capital, depending upon fragile networks of credit and debt which could lead, as in the financial crisis of 1825-6, to the collapse of many businesses. The volume documents how the structures of the industry impacted upon the pricing structure of books and periodicals and charts the slow emergence of a mass-market for print. Major points of contention such as the 窶�taxes on knowledge窶� and the battle over legal deposit are traced, along with recurring debates over discounting and underselling. The volume focuses on key moments such as the controversy over free trade in the 1840s and 1850s and the debates over price protection which led to the formation of the Net Book Agreement in 1900.

Table of Contents

Volume 1: The Structure of the Industry

General Introduction

Volume 1 Introduction

Bibliography

Part 1 窶� THE OPERATION OF THE TRADE IN EARLY AND MID CENTURY

1. 窶漏egulations Governing the Issue of Trade Books窶� (1828), in Joseph Shaylor, The Fascination of Books (London: Simpkin Marshall Hamilton Kent & Co., 1912), pp. 165-8.
2. Samuel Smiles, A Publisher and His Friends: Memoir and Correspondence of the late John Murray (London: John Murray, 1891), Vol. 1, pp. 170-5, 185-8, 195-8.
3. 窶楼n the Crisis of 1825-6窶�, Morning Chronicle, 30 Nov 1825, in Archibald Constable and his Literary Correspondence (London: Edmonston and Douglas, 1873), vol. III, pp. 477-8.
4. [Francis Barry Boyle St Leger], 窶狼he Book-Trade窶�, Monthly Magazine (July 1826), pp. 17-24.
5. 窶錬ooksellers and Authors窶�, Literary Magnet (July 1826), pp. 65-74.
6. Charles Babbage, On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures (1832; 4th edn, London: Charles Knight, 1835), pp. 205-10, 315-33.
7. G.P.R. James, Some Observations on The Book Trade, as Connected with Literature, in England窶�, Journal of the Statistical Society of London, 6: 1 (1843), 50-60
8. William Chambers, 'The Book Trade', Chambers' Cyclopaedia (1859), pp. 228-38

Part 2. LEGAL CONTROLS

9. Report from the Committee on Booksellers and Printers Petition (1802), pp. 3-15
10. John Crawfurd, Taxes on Knowledge: A Financial and Historical View of the Taxes (London: Charles Ely, 1836), pp. 14-23.
11. Charles Knight, The Struggles of a Book against Excessive Taxation (London, 1850).
12. 窶狼homas Norton Longman窶冱 Evidence to the Select Committee on Acts for the Encouragement of Learning窶�, from Minutes of Evidence Taken Before the Committee on Acts of 8 Anne, and 15 & 41 Geo. III For the Encouragement of Learning, By vesting the Copies of Printed Books, in the Authors or Purchasers of such copies (1813), pp. 3-15.
13. [John George] Cochrane, The Case Stated Between the Public Libraries and the Booksellers (London: J. Moyes, 1813), pp. 3-32
14. 窶榔ublishers and Museum Library窶�, Critic (3 December 1859), pp. 17-18.
15. Letters published in the Times, 8-16 February 1898 [Letters from Edward Marston (8 Feb); Herbert Spencer (10 Feb); W.E.H. Lecky (11 Feb); Times report on the correspondence (12 Feb) letters from Spencer (16 Feb); Marston (16 Feb)].

Part 3. DISTRIBUTION

16. Joseph Shaylor, 窶錬ooksellers窶� Trade Dinner Sales窶�, Fortnightly Review (Dec 1907), pp. 1031-39.
17. 窶弄r Murray's Trade Sale', Critic (26 Nov 1859), pp. 11-12
18. 窶錬entley窶冱 Trade Sale窶�, Bookseller (7 November 1888), p. 1237.
19. James Grant, 窶弄r Thomas Tegg窶�, in Portrait of Public Characters (London: Saunders & Otley, 1841), pp. 24-46.
20. 窶連bstract of Evidence by Charles Knight, G.B. Whitaker, and J.W. Parker to the Select Committee on Postage窶�, from Third Report of the Select Committee on Postage, together with an abstract of the evidence (1838), pp. 30-37.
21. 窶呂harles Knight窶冱 Evidence to the Select Committee on Conveyance of Mail by Railways窶�, from Report from the Select Committee on Conveyance of Mails by Railways (1854), pp. 360-7.
22. James Grant, 窶錬ookselling: Paternoster Row窶�, in Travels in Town, 2 vols (London: Saunders & Otley, 1839), Vol. II: pp. 69-88.
23. Joseph Shaylor, 窶楼n the Selling of Books窶�, Nineteenth Century (December 1896), pp. 937-43.
24. 窶錬ooksellers of To-day: Messrs Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. Ltd窶�, Publishers窶� Circular (11 May 1895), pp. 514-16. (images to be removed)

Part 4. PUBLISHERS AND BOOKSELLERS: THE DISCOUNT QUESTION TO 1868

25. 窶狼he Book-Trade窶�, Morning Post (31 Dec 1829).
26. William Pickering, Booksellers' Monopoly (London, 1832).
27. John Chapman, 窶狼he Commerce of Literature窶�, Westminster Review (April 1852), pp. 529-552.
28. 窶呂ivil War in the Book Trade窶�, Spectator (3 April 1852), pp. 321-2.
29. John Chapman, 窶連 Reply to the Arguments Adduced in Support of the Booksellers Association窶�, in Report of the Proceedings of a meeting (consisting chiefly of authors), held May 4th at the house of John Chapmen 窶ｦ (1852), pp. 17-24
30. 窶狼he Bookselling System窶�, selected correspondence to the Times, March-May 1852. Reprinted in Publishers and the Public: reprinted from the Times of 1852 (1906), pp. 3-5; 6-8; 11-13 (letter from Bickers and Bush); 23-24 (letter from Clericus); 24-28 (from the Times of April 16, 1852); 28-29 (letter from Educator); 38-44 (from the Times of May 18, 1852); 53-56 (from the Times of May 21, 1852); 63-66 (from the Times of May 31, 1852).
31. The Book Trades', Athenaeum (22 May 1852), pp. 575-7.
32. [J.W. Parker], 'The Makers, Sellers and Buyers of Books', Frasers' Magazine (June 1852), 711-24.
33. Thomas Bosworth, On Rattening in the Book Trade (London: Thomas Bosworth, 1868), pp. 1-8.
34. 窶弄r Bosworth and the Book Trade窶�, Bookseller (1 April 1868), pp. 217-18.
35. Letter from Alexander Macmillan to W.E. Gladstone (10 April 1868), from Charles L. Graves, Life and Letters of Alexander Macmillan (London: Macmillan & Co., 1910), pp. 286-8.

Part 5. THE NET BOOK SYSTEM

36. Frederick Macmillan, 窶連 Remedy for Underselling窶�, Bookseller (6 March 1890), p. 244.
37. 窶連 Remedy for Underselling窶�, Bookseller (6 March 1890), p. 241.
38. 窶露s the Discount System Doomed? Answers of the Leading London Booksellers窶�, Pall Mall Gazette (12 March 1890), pp. 1-2.
39. 窶露s the Discount System Doomed? The Bitter Cry of the Country Bookseller窶�, Pall Mall Gazette (14 March 1890), pp. 1-2.
40. 窶露s the Discount System Doomed? The Attitude of the Publishing World窶�, Pall Mall Gazette (17 March 1890), pp. 1-2.
41. 窶連 Symposium on Discounts窶�, St James窶冱 Budget, 2 November 1894, pp. 10-11. (REMOVE IMAGES)
42. 窶榔ublishers and the Public窶�, The Speaker (10 November 1894), pp. 513-14.
43. David Stott, 窶狼he Decay of Bookselling窶�, Nineteenth Century (Dec 1894), pp. 332-8.
44. 窶狼he Publishers Association and the Discount Question窶�, [Speeches by C. J. Longman and Frederick Macmillan to the Publishers窶� Association], Publishers' Circular (3 July 1897), pp. 7-9.
45. 窶朗ews Notes窶�, Bookman (August 1897), pp. 109-11.
46. [Z], 窶牢hall the Publishers Coerce the Booksellers?窶�, Bookman (August 1897), pp. 115-18
47. Letters from Alfred Nutt and 窶郎窶�, Bookman (September 1897), pp. 150-2.
48. Robert Maclehose, The Report of the Society of Authors on the Discount Question: A Criticism (Glasgow: J. Maclehose and Sons, 1897), pp. 3-22.
49. Selected articles and correspondence in the Times published under 窶連uthors, Publishers, and Booksellers窶�, 9-15 November 1897. [Original article, 9 November; letters from E. Marston and Robert Maclehose, 10 November; letters from the Editor of the Bookseller and Skeffington & Son, 11 November; letter from W. Day, 12 November; letters from The Writer of the Article; A Member of the Publishers窶� Association; Mr J.B. Baddeley; A Country Bookseller; Publishers窶� Reader, 15 November; 窶狼he bitter cry of the retail bookseller 窶ｦ窶�, 15 November].
50. John A. Steuart, 窶連uthors, Publishers and Booksellers窶�, Fortnightly Review (February 1898), pp. 255-63.

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