Prices of Books (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

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<div><p>By 1898, books had become more affordable than they had been in the past, leading to greater literacy and a barometer of societys cultural and intellectual status. Using price points to trace the history of publishing and reading, the author considers manuscript prices, booksellers, auctions throughout the centuries, and prices of the earliest printed books.</p></div>

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<div><p><b>Henry Benjamin Wheatley</b> (1838-1917) was a British author, indexer, and editor. He served as the Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society of Arts, and the President of both the Samuel Pepys Club and the Bibliographical Society. His works include<i>The Bibliographer</i>(1884),<i>What is an Index?</i>(1878), and<i>Samuel Pepys and the World He Lived In</i> (1889).</p></div>

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