Buy this book on-line Lanier, Henry W. (Editor) : The Author's Annual 1929Payson and Clarke Limited, New York, 1929
Original publisher's striped blue boards backed with blue cloth. Original blue dust wrapper included. Gilt lettering on spine of the book. 5" x 7 1/2." 211 pages, complete. Pages and covers of the book are very clean and intact. Binding is tight. Slight wear to the top and bottom edges of the book. Dust wrapper is clean and intact overall but is browned on the front panel and spine. Dust wrapper is not price-clipped. No remainder marks. A Near Fine book in a Very Good dust wrapper. A collection of essays and lists pertaining to the publishing industry, advertising and the business side of books, and the book world as a whole. Excerpt from the front flap: "Of extreme interest and usefulness to the reading public no less than to authors, is the first annual, selected and arranged by Mr. Lanier. Information which might only be obtained piece-meal from the forgotten files of literary and publisher's journals is here presented in company with new and unpublished material. Literary agents, advertising experts, and publishers have combined their efforts to produce a book which is simply written, immediately useful, and possesses a permanent value." The following are the essays: "The Business Side of Writing" by Jean Wick, "The Book Clubs and Their 1928 Selections," "Famous Literary Prizes and Their Winners" by Bessie Graham, "Best Selling Books in 1928," "Fifty Beautiful Books," "A Show of Book Illustrations," "Forty Notable American Books of 1927," "Romans a Clef: Real People Behind Fiction Characters" by Earle F. Walbridge, "The Vexed Question of Advertising: The Charge of the Slight Brigade" by Charles H. Denhard, "The Vexed Question of Advertising: Advertising a Given Book" by Richard L. Simon, "A B C of Copyright," and "Preparing Manuscript and Proof-Reading.". Book. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: Very Good Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Lanier, Henry W. (Editor) : The Author's Annual 1929. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including livres anciens, livres d'occasion, out-of-print books, livres illustrées and incunabula. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |