A History of the Book in America: Volume 1, The Colonial Book in the Atlantic World

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Summary: In-depth and absorbing, a "must" for bibliophiles.
Review: This treatise is recommended to even the most involved specialty library, as well as anyone concerned with literary history at the college level. This is an important reference, with the first volume covering the colonial book in the atlantic world. Publishing, writing, and book history is related from the start of the colonial period in America through 1790, with important connections made between the book trade and cultural exchange between English and American audiences. In-depth and absorbing.