Publishing and Bookselling; A History from the Earliest Times to Present Day; with bibliography by Frank Arthur Mumby; W.H. Peet - 1931

London: Cape. G ex-library. (1949). New, revisd ed. Fresh chapters recording the histsoric Battle of the Books, the havoc of the war years, many changes in practice & politics. . Library markings. .

Publisher's faded cloth, octavo, pp. 442. Illustrations. Extensive bibliography. Ex-library copy with bookplate, stickers, and cancel stamps. GOOD condition. Clean internally, pleasantly free of foxing.

8vo in cloth. 480 pp. VG. Moderate wear. Binding is strong. Name on ffep. Text is clean. Ships wrapped in bubble wrap and packed securely in a box.

R.R. Bowker Co, 1949-01-01. Hardcover. Used: Good.

Collins Educational, 1982-10-28. Paperback. Used: Good.

New York: R.R. Bowker Company, 1931. First U.S.. Hardcover. Good/none. some soiling to covers, spotting to page edges, lower corners bumped, previous owner's personal bookplate of Joseph Towne Wheeler to front endpaper, small bookstore label to front free endpaper. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. First printing, no others noted. Wheeler, a scholar and publishing historian, was the author of The Maryland Press 1777-1790, Baltimore, 1938. He was killed in action in the Italian Campaign of WWII. Books and other items ship promptly with a tracking number and (generally over $15.00) jacket protectors if applicable. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997. An online bookseller with a bookshop sensibility!

London, Jonathan Cape. 1949. Original publisher's brown cloth hardback, gilt title spine, new & revised edition [1939], large 8vo: 440pp.,bibliograph, index. Untyimmed. Firm copy.

Paperback / softback. New.

MUMBY, Frank Arthur. Publishing and Bookselling: A History from the Earliest Times to the Present Day. Orig. cloth. Illustrated. London: Jonathan Cape, [1930]. First edition. A very good copy.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1949. With a bibliography by W. H. Peet. Revised by F. A. M. [Frank Arthur Mumby]. Pp. 440(last blank), text illustrations, bibliography, index; demy 8vo; brown cloth, spine lettered in gilt, corners of boards faintly bruised; top edges brown; a little light foxing; Jonathan Cape, London, 1949. New & revised edition. *Originally published (without a bibliography), in l930, as The Romance of Bookselling. This copy from the library of Australian book collector Geoffrey Ingleton, with his bookplate on upper pastedown and characteristic green catalogue stamp on lower pastedown.