Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Little, Brown and Company.

Description

1. x, 234 p., [43] p. of plates ; ill., ports.; 22 cm.

Alternative title

1. 150 year of publishing, 1837-1987
2. 150 year of publishing, 1837-1987.

Subject

1. History
2. Publishers and publishing > Massachusetts > Boston > History
3. Little, Brown and Company History

Genre/Form

1. History

Contents

1. "A copartnership" -- The new firm prospers -- Building the law book list -- Building the history book list -- Courtesy of the trade -- Quotations and quillets -- Best-sellers -- Thomas Niles and his firm -- New ventures, 1900-1925 -- The expansive twenties -- Depression and celebration -- The war and its changes -- Postwar expansion, 1949-1962 -- Medical publishing -- The college division -- The law division -- Children's books, 1925 to the present -- A new association, 1962-1970 -- Support and service departments -- Present tense, 1970 and beyond -- Appendix : a history of the colophons of Little, Brown and Company.

Owning institution

1. Harvard Library

Note

1. Includes index.

Bibliography (note)

1. Bibliography: p. [217]-221.