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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| Language: | English |
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Columbia :
University of South Carolina Press,
©2002.
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| Series: | Carolina lowcountry and the Atlantic world.
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| Online Access: | Table of contents Book review (H-Net) |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction: Colonial Book Traffic and Transatlantic Community
- The Enrichment of Charleston and Literature in South Carolina
- The Early Membership and Mission of the Library Society
- Organization and Sociability
- New Members and the Desire for Grandeur
- The Booksellers
- Ordering the Books
- Financing the Orders
- Getting the Books Across
- Literary Priorities
- Learned and Scientific Community
- Fiction, Prints, and Changing Attractions
- Pirates, Reprints, and the Final Letters
- The Letter Book
- Charles Town Library Society "Copy Book of Letters," 1758-1811
- Members of the Charleston Library Society before 1779
- Chronological List (by Date of Admission, 1759-1779) of New Members Purchasing New Shares
- Reconstruction of the Foundation Collection of the Charleston Library Society during Its First Twenty Years, 1748-c.1769.