Catalogue of Printed Books


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The Publishers Weekly


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Publishers' Weekly


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Nineteenth Century Short Title Catalogue Extracted from the Catalogues of the Bodleian Library, the British Library, the Library of Trinity College (Dublin), the National Library of Scotland, and the University Libraries of Cambridge and Newcastle: Phase 1: 1816-1870. v.15. Fort - Fyv and Indexes for volumes 11-15. v.20. Hor-Hunt, W. R. and Indexes for v. 16-20. v.21. Hunten-Jero. v.22. Jerp-Kief. v.23. Kieg-Lecom. v.24. Lecon-Lorc. v.25. Lord-Maccaul and Indexes for volumes 21-25


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The House of Putnam, 1837-1872


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Chronicles the story of one of the great publishing firms of nineteenth-century America and one of the founding figures of modern American publishing. George Palmer Putnam played a central role in founding and running his publishing house and in organizing book publishers into a more centralized industry. Putnam concentrated the publishing activities of his house around a commitment to patronizing American authorship and improving the standard of American bookmaking.