In the original dust jacket. Green cloth binding with gilt title on the spine.

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Please view our photographs and read the rubric on the inside of the dust jacket. In this work, Pettegree explores the fascinating, turbulent evolution of the book trade. The text spans from the earliest crammed print shops and illicit street hawkers of the Renaissance up to the radical feminist storefronts of the 1970s and modern digital-age retail spaces.

Standard signed copies of the UK edition released by retailers like Topping & Company Booksellers carry a retail base price of £25.00. A signed copy preserved in “Fine” status holds excellent collective value for bibliophiles, library history enthusiasts, and book collectors alike. As this copy is signed by Andrew Pettegree and in Fine condition, its current market value is estimated between £45.00 and £75.00