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University Press, Cambridge, first edition, 1957. Cloth, 8vo, 22 cm,. xv, 391 pp, facs. From a contemporary review: "After a general survey, brief but competent, of the book market of the period, the author first gives detailed attention to such 'serials' as the regularly published series of volumes or booklets of 'celebrated plays', &c.; the publication of instalments of works of all kinds in successive issues of early newspapers; and the occasional change from integral instalments to separately printed 'supplements' capable of being collected and subsequently bound. He then turns to his main interest - the books which were issued in weekly monthly fascicules at prices, usually from a few pence to a shilling, low enough tempt those readers who normally never bought a book. These 'number books' cover a wide range of interests. Some were obviously catch-penny productions designed to appeal to the salacious, such as the Apology for the Conduct of Mrs. Teresia… Read More