Beschreibung:

XV; 395 S.; Illustr.; 24 cm. Originalleinen mit illustr. Schutzumschlag.

Bemerkung:

Gutes Ex.; Umschl. berieben u.m. kl. Läsuren. - Englisch. - The name of the R.R. Bowker Company is inseparable from the book trade in the United States. Its publications include Books in Print, Literary Market Place, and Publishers Weekly - all essential tools of the industry. This year, the Bowker Company is celebrating its centennial - 100 years of service to the professional book world. The firm was launched by Frederick Leypoldt on January 18, 1872 with the publication of the first issue of The Publishers' and Stationers' Weekly Trade Circular, now known as Publishers Weekly. From PW and its "Weekly Record," a number of publications evolved, including the American Book Publishing Record and Publishers Trade List Annual. In 1879, Leypoldt sold the magazine to his friend and business associate, Richard R. Bowker, a contributor to PW from its earliest issues. It was Bowker and Leypoldt, with Melvil Dewey, who founded in 1876 the American Library Association and Library Journal. When Leypoldt died in 1884, Bowker continued the entire publishing operation, leasing the bibliographies and LJ from Mrs. Leypoldt. In 1914, they incorporated the firm as the R.R. Bowker Company. Bowker headed the company until his death in 1933, when Frederic G. Melcher became president. He was succeeded by Louis C. Greene, who was succeeded by Daniel Melcher. ? (Verlagstext) / INHALT : A Salem and New York Boyhood -- The Free Academy and the City College -- Journalism, 1868-1875 -- The Publishers' Weekly, 1872-1880 -- The Library Journal and the A.L.A., 1876-1880 -- A Yankee Puritan and His Friends -- Joining the Liberal Crusade -- Fathering the Mugwumps in 1879 -- Leading the Independents in 1880 -- The House of Harper in London, 1880-1882 -- Literary Ambassador at the Court of Fleet Street -- The Publishers' Weekly and the Library Movement, 1882-1900 -- The Mugwump Crusade, 1880-1891 -- Edison Executive, 1890-1899 -- Managing a Corporation in "Rather an Ideal Way" -- A Mugwump in the Nineties -- Promoting New York's Civic Renaissance -- (u.a.)