The Oxford University Press and the spread of learning 1478-1978. An illustrated history. Preface by Charles Ryskamp.

Umschlag leicht berieben, sonst gutes Exemplar. - The Early University and its Books -- The First Press at Oxford -- The Second Press -- The Press Established at Oxford -- The Successors of Joseph Barnes -- The Acquisition of Printing Types Laud's Vision of a University Press -- The Survival of Laud's Vision -- John Fell: the Vision Realized -- The Fell Types -- The Press at Work -- The First Books -- Illustrated Books -- Printing the Bible: Pitt, Parker, and Guy The End of the Partnership -- The Roots of the English Language -- Fell's Successors: Aldrich, Charlett, and the Clarendon Building -- Thomas Hearne -- The Bible Patent: John Baskett -- Publishing after Hearne -- William Blackstone -- The Reformed Press -- Resumption of the Bible Press -- Technical Change -- The Restoration of Classical Scholarship -- Other Books, 1800-1850 -- Results of the Partnership: the New Building -- The Growth of Evangelicalism and the Text of the Bible Oriental Scholarship -- Thomas Combe: Mechanization of the Press -- The Royal Commission and its Effect on the Press -- The Clarendon Press Series -- Bartholomew Price: the Great Expansion -- Horace Hart: The Rediscovery of the Fell Types -- The London Business and the Revised Version -- The New English Dictionary -- The 'Oxford' Style -- Charles Cannan: the Making of the Modern Press -- The Expansion of the London Business: Sir Humphrey Milford -- Recent Fine Printing -- The American Branch -- Other Branches Overseas -- Publishing in Modern Times -- Ephemera -- Epilogue -- APPENDIX. The Oxford Almanacks. ISBN 0199510865