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London: Duckworth, 1998. Minor scuffing to outer corners of cover and a small scuff-mark to top edge of front cover, otherwise a good tight copy of the soft-cover book. A short, anecdotal history of the publishing firm founded by Gerald Duckworth in 1898. 105pp, 43 b&w illustrations. . Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.… Read more about this item

Cape Town: David Philip, 2014. A good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine or covers, of this soft-cover book. Deals with the independent South African publishing company David Philip from the early 1970s to the late 1990s when David and his wife Marie retired. Signed by the author to original owner on title page. … Read more about this item

London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1971. Minor creasing to the edges of the unclipped dustwrapper and slight fading to spine of same, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Originally published in 1899, this is a much later reissue from 1971. The autobiography of the English publisher C Kegan Paul, covering his childhood in Somerset,… Read more about this item