"First published 1931. Re-issued in academy books 1934. New and revised edition, type reset, 1949."

Contiene cuatro recortes de prensa sobre la temática. "An open letter to Harold Sweetem" de John Levitt ; "New books for boys and girls" de John Horder ; "J. G. Wilson" ; y otro sin título ni autoría.

Preface -- I. The beginnings of the book trade -- II. Through the Dark Ages -- III. The dawn of printing -- IV. The book trade under Queen Elizabeth -- V. Shakespeare's publishers -- VI. Through the reign of James I -- VII. Charles I and the Commonwealth -- VIII. The restoration and the revolution -- IX. The early eighteenth century -- X. In Dr. Johnson's Day -- XI. The end of the eighteenth century -- XII. The romantic revival -- XIII. the mid-nineteenth century -- XIV. Three-decker days -- XV. The eighteen-nineties -- XVI. The new century -- XVII. The nineteenth-twenties -- XVIII. The uneasy peace -- XIX. The six years war -- XX. The learned presses -- Bibliography -- Index.