id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt crl-12689 Davies, D. W. Publishing and Bookselling (Book Review) 1975-01-01 2 .pdf application/pdf 1533 90 69 There are other appendixes: a list of the officers of the Pub- lishers' Association and of the Booksellers' Association from the 1890s to the present time; a table giving the number of books produced in subject categories for signifi- cant years; and another table giving the total value of book sales in pounds sterling for important years. The author also dis- cusses the proposal by government in 1940 to impose a sales tax on books, a proposal vigorously opposed by the book trade. cache/crl-12689.pdf txt/crl-12689.txt