The Book in Germany.
Book
(2009)
M. Fischer, & W. A. Kelly (Eds.), The Book in Germany. Merchiston Publishing
The articles in this edited collection trace the history of the book in Germany from the manuscript tradition through to the twentieth century. Contents:
1. Mary Fischer: Winn...
A semester with the Sony eBook Reader.
Presentation / Conference
Allan, D. (2009, October)
A semester with the Sony eBook Reader. Paper presented at International Conference on the Book, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh Scotland
The marketplace has seen the launch over the past two years of a plethora of products that can now handle digitised books on mobile devices. One of the most prominent of these...
The Empire of books: reviewing the march of globalisation.
Presentation / Conference
McCleery, A. (2009, October)
The Empire of books: reviewing the march of globalisation. Presented at 7th International Conference of the Book, University of Edinburgh
The relationship between trade, political and cultural sovereignty, legal infrastructures and language lies at the core of this paper. Previous accounts of this relationship h...
Tauchnitz and Albatross: “a community of interests” in English-language paperback publishing 1934-1951.
Journal Article
McCleery, A. (2006)
Tauchnitz and Albatross: “a community of interests” in English-language paperback publishing 1934-1951. Library. 7, 297-316. doi:10.1093/library/7.3.297. ISSN 0024-2160
This article draws on a variety of archival sources to re-examine the relationship between Tauchnitz Editions and the Albatross Press from 1934 to 1951. In particular, it atte...
The reputation of the 1932 Odyssey Press edition of Ulysses.
Journal Article
McCleery, A. (2006)
The reputation of the 1932 Odyssey Press edition of Ulysses. The Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America. 100, 89-103. ISSN 0006-128X
”Sophisticated Smut”: The Penguin edition of Lady Chatterley's Lover in New Zealand.
Journal Article
McCleery, A. (2006)
”Sophisticated Smut”: The Penguin edition of Lady Chatterley's Lover in New Zealand. Bulletin / Bibliographical Society of Australia and New Zealand. 29, 192-204. ISSN 0084-7852
The return of the publisher to book history: the case of Allen Lane.
Journal Article
McCleery, A. (2002)
The return of the publisher to book history: the case of Allen Lane. Book History. 5, 161-185. ISSN 1098-7371
There has been a loss of legitimacy within book history for the kind of exercise that critically examines the role of a publisher as an autonomous individual, rather than as a...