From Few and Expensive to Many and Cheap: The British Book Market 1800-1890

A Companion to the History of the Book

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 291-302

  Eliot, Simon ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Book market; Jane austen; Lithography; Novels; Wood engraving

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958207516     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470690949.ch21     Document Type: Chapter

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