The Book Culture of a Colonial American City: Philadelphia Books, Bookmen, and Booksellers Lyell Lectures in Bibliography, 1985-6

This unique contribution to the history of the book in America examines the books most commonly bought, sold, and read in colonial Philadelphia--the variety of titles, their popularity, prices, and quantities shipped and purchased. While directly concerned with Philadelphia, the study, based on inventories, invoices, catalogues, and the books themselves, applies to all of British America, revealing the surprisingly large and diverse appetites of colonial American readers.Wolf, Edwin, II is the author of 'The Book Culture of a Colonial American City: Philadelphia Books, Bookmen, and Booksellers Lyell Lectures in Bibliography, 1985-6' with ISBN 9780198184065 and ISBN 0198184069.