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London booksellers and American customers : transatlantic literary community and the Charleston Library Society, 1748-1811 /

In 1994, James Raven encountered a letterbook from the Charleston Library Society detailing the ordering, processing, and shipping of texts from London booksellers to their American customers. The 120 letters, covering the period 1758-1811, provided unique material for understanding the business of...

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Main Author: Raven, James, 1959-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Columbia : University of South Carolina Press, ©2002.
Series:Carolina lowcountry and the Atlantic world.
Subjects:
Charleston Library Society (Charleston, S.C.) > History > 18th century.
Charleston Library Society (Charleston, S.C.) > Records and correspondence.
Proprietary libraries > South Carolina > Charleston > History > 18th century.
Subscription libraries > South Carolina > Charleston > History > 18th century.
Charleston (S.C.) > Intellectual life > 18th century.
Book industries and trade > England > London > History > 18th century.
Book industries and trade > South Carolina > Charleston > History > 18th century.
Charleston (S.C.) > Commerce > England > London > History > 18th century.
London (England) > Commerce > South Carolina > Charleston > History > 18th century.
Private libraries.
Charleston Library Society (Car. du S.)
Charleston Library Society (Car. du S.) > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Charleston Library Society (Car. du S.) > Documents et correspondance.
Bibliothèques privées.
Bibliothèques privées > Caroline du Sud > Charleston > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Bibliothèques de prêt payant > Caroline du Sud > Charleston > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Livres > Industrie > Angleterre > Londres > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Livres > Industrie > Caroline du Sud > Charleston > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Charleston (Car. du S.) > Vie intellectuelle > 18e siècle.
Charleston (Car. du S.) > Commerce > Angleterre > Londres > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Londres (Angleterre) > Commerce > Caroline du Sud > Charleston > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Charleston Library Society (Charleston, S.C.)
Book industries and trade.
Commerce.
Intellectual life.
Proprietary libraries.
Subscription libraries.
England > London.
South Carolina > Charleston.
Buchhandel
Kunde
London
USA
Boekhandel.
Charleston Library Society.
Buchhandel.
Geschichte.
Kunde.
Grossbritannien.
London.
USA.
Charleston <SC> / Charleston Library Society.
1700-1799
1748-1811
Records and correspondence.
History.
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