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The Millers of Haddington, Dunbar and Dunfermline; a record of Scottish bookselling

The Millers of Haddington, Dunbar and Dunfermline; a record of Scottish bookselling

J, W.

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Biographies GeneralBusiness of WritingBritish History

ISBN10: 9353801680
ISBN13: 9789353801687
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Jul 1 2019
Pages: 352
Weight: 0.98
Height: 0.79 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Behind many Scottish classics stands a shop counter, a press, and a family keeping ideas in circulation. Scotland sold itself in print. In The Millers of Haddington, Dunbar and Dunfermline, W. J. Couper brings the Millers into view, offering a grounded bookselling history rooted in East Lothian and Fife. Part book trade family history, part scottish local history book, it sets people and places inside the broader history of Scottish publishing, with particular attention to 18th century Scotland. Couper follows the working relationships of scottish booksellers and printers: partnerships, premises, and the practical routes by which titles reached readers. Written with the exactness expected of a bibliographical reference book, it provides signposts to editions and imprints and a clear sense of how books travelled from pressroom to parish across Scotland and beyond, too. For genealogy and local historians, it offers names to trace and contexts to trust; for collectors, it adds rich background for provenance and antiquarian book collecting. Long valued in a library reference collection, this study also earns its place as a window onto the history of printing Britain, showing how regional firms shaped taste and access far from the metropolitan centres. Casual readers will relish the street-level detail; classic-literature collectors will appreciate its authority and its quiet, documentary charm as well. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike.

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