Provides an analysis of the book in Scotland during a period that has been greatly under-researched and little understood. This volume covers such issues as: the professionalisation of publishing, its scale, technological developments, the role of the state, including the library service, and the institutional structure of the book in Scotland.
In this volume a range of distinguished contributors provide an original analysis of the book in Scotland during a period that has been until now greatly under-researched and little understood. The issues covered by this volume include the professionalisation of publishing, its scale, technological developments, the role of the state, including the library service, the institutional structure of the book in Scotland, industrial relations, union activity and organisation, women and the Scottish book, and the economics of publishing. Separate chapters cover Scottish publishing and literary culture, publishing genres, the art of print culture, distribution, and authors and readers. The volume also includes an innovative use of illustrative case studies.
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A splendid contribution to the publishing, literary and cultural history of Scotland (and beyond). -- Helen C Price Rare Books Newsletter Like much else that the University Press does...this represents a substantial contribution to the emergence of Scottish literary history and criticism ... The books themselves continue another fine tradition of Edinburgh University Press in their handsome production and lavish illustration. They will become, already are, indispensable parts of our knowledge of Scotland in this century. -- Ian Campbell University of Edinburgh Journal Both [ Edinburgh History of the Book in Scotland, Volumes 3 and 4] are handsomely illustrated, and make use of typographic devices, such as subheadings, chronologies, tables and inserted boxes of text to make it easier for users to find their way. Times Literary Supplement A splendid contribution to the publishing, literary and cultural history of Scotland (and beyond). Like much else that the University Press does...this represents a substantial contribution to the emergence of Scottish literary history and criticism ... The books themselves continue another fine tradition of Edinburgh University Press in their handsome production and lavish illustration. They will become, already are, indispensable parts of our knowledge of Scotland in this century. Both [ Edinburgh History of the Book in Scotland, Volumes 3 and 4] are handsomely illustrated, and make use of typographic devices, such as subheadings, chronologies, tables and inserted boxes of text to make it easier for users to find their way.
Illustrations and Tables; Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Chronology;
Introduction;
1. The Publishing Infrastructure, 1880-1980; Section One
Overview David Finkelstein/Alistair McCleery; The Competitors Richard Butt;
Rob Roy from page to screen Richard Butt; The Professionalisation of
Publishing David Finkelstein; Scottish Publishers' Association Helen
Williams; Scottish PEN Moira Burgess; Development of Library Provision in
Scotland 1880-2000 John Crawford; Airdrie Public Library John Crawford; PM
Dott Memorial Socialist Library Helen Williams; Scottish Poetry Library David
Finkelstein; The Business of Publishing Iain Stevenson; A Family Affair
Alistair McCleery; Salamander Press Rosemary Addison; Mainstream Alistair
McCleery; Role of the Scottish Arts Council Alistair McCleery; Selling to the
World 1880-2000 Alistair McCleery; Nelson's French collection Sian Reynolds;
No.1 Ladies Detective Agency Alistair McCleery; The Development of the
Bookshop, Home Sales and Exports Simon Ward; John Menzies David Finkelstein;
2. Production, Form and Image; Section Two Overview David
Finkelstein/Alistair McCleery; The Definition of the Book as Physical Object
Duncan Glen; Scottish Paper Mills Alistair McCleery; Mechanical Typesetting
Helen Williams; Thomas Nelson and Sons Alistair McCleery; Typography Duncan
Glen; Women Compositors Sian Reynolds; The Printing Industry Alistair
McCleery; Design and Illustration Rosemary Addison; Agnes Miller Parker
Rosemary Addison; Joan Hassall Rosemary Addison; The Book and Photography Tom
Normand; Reproducing Images Alistair McCleery; The Books of Ian Hamilton
Finlay Ken Cockburn;
3. Publishing Policies: The Literary Culture; Section
Three Overview David Finkelstein/Alistair McCleery; The Changing Face of the
Publishing House Andrew Nash; John Buchan, Publisher Kate MacDonald; Jamie
Byng, Publisher Alistair McCleery; Literary Publishing, 1880-1914 Andrew
Nash; R.L. Stevenson, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde; Linda Dryden and Richard
Drury; 'Scots Observer' Damian Atkinson; Literary Publishing, 1914-1945
Margery Palmer-McCulloch; Scottish Literary Magazines Alistair McCleery;
Blackwoods and Hugh MacDiarmid David Finkelstein; Naomi Mitchison Rosemary
Addison; Literary Publishing, 1945-2000 Jane Potter; Muriel Spark Rosemary
Addison; 'Akros' and 'Cencrastus' Zsuzsanna Vargas; John Calder Louise
Milne; Literary Prizes Claire Squires; Stephanie Wolfe-Murray Zsuszanna
Vargas; The Gaelic Book Richard Cox;
4. Publishing Policies: The Diversity of
Print; Section Four Overview David Finkelstein/Alistair McCleery; Religious
Publishing Henry Sefton; William Robertson Smith Alistair McCleery; T & T
Clark David Finkelstein; Life and Work Alistair McCleery; Educational,
Academic and Legal Publishing Sarah Pedersen; Edinburgh University Press
Alistair McCleery; Collins Iain Stevenson; Scientific, Technical and Medical
Publishing Iain Stevenson; Cartographic Publishing Iain Stevenson; Official
Publishing Iain Stevenson; Reference Publishing Sarah Pedersen; Chambers
Harrap Alistair McCleery; Children's Books 1880-2000 Jane Potter; Blackie
Jane Potter; Treasure Island Helen Williams; Kelpies Helen Williams;
Magazines and Comics Joseph McAleer; The Dandy, Beano and the Broons Joseph
McAleer; Leo Baxendale and Alan Grant Alistair McCleery;
5. Authors and
Readers; Section Five Overview David Finkelstein/Alistair McCleery; Authors
in the Literary Marketplace Andrew Nash; Annie S. Swan Andrew Nash; Neil M.
Gunn Alistair McCleery; Joyce Holms Simon Ward; The Economics of Authorship
Simon Ward; Literary Agents Simon Ward; Authorship in 2001 Alistair McCleery;
Readers, Reading and the Global Marketplace David Finkelstein; Ladies
Edinburgh Debating Society David Finkelstein; Ralph Glasser Linda Fleming;
Children's Reading in 1989 Alistair McCleery; Harry Potter Helen Williams;
Edinburgh International Book Festival David Finkelstein;
6. The Future of
the Book in Scotland; Trends and prospects David Finkelstein/Alistair
McCleery; The New 'New Media' Suzanne Ebel; Encyclopedia Britannica:
Edinburgh to Chicago, Print to PC; Jane Potter; Contributors; Bibliography;
Index.
David Finkelstein is Research Professor of Media and Print Culture at Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh. His research interests focus on print culture and media history. Publications include The House of Blackwood: Author-Publisher Relations in the Victorian Era (2002) and as editor, Print Culture and the Blackwood Tradition, 1805-1930 (2006). He has also co-authored with Alistair McCleery An Introduction to Book History (2005), and co-edited The Book History Reader (2001; revised edition 2006). Alistair McCleery is Professor of Literature and Culture at Napier University in Edinburgh. He is co-author with David Finkelstein of the two standard textbooks in the field, An Introduction to Book History (Routledge 2005) and The Book History Reader (Revised Edition, Routledge 2006). He also co-edits The Bibliotheck, a journal of bibliography and book history. He has published widely on Scottish and Irish literature, particularly Neil Gunn and James Joyce.
