Books, Inc. collection.
The collection comprises some of the titles that Books, Inc. sold. The books were published between 1944 and 1961.
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| Language: | English |
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1944-1961.
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MSU: The material is stored offsite in Remote Storage. Please contact Special Collections 3 working days in advance if you wish to use it. |
| Physical Description: | 11 boxes (11 linear ft.) |
| Format: | Kit |
MARC
| LEADER | 00000cacaa2200000Ki 4500 | ||
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| 001 | in00005628270 | ||
| 003 | OCoLC | ||
| 005 | 20220616155852.0 | ||
| 008 | 170202i19441961xx 000 m eng d | ||
| 035 | |a (OCoLC)971129589 | ||
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| 043 | |a n-us--- |a n-us-ny | ||
| 049 | |a EEMJ | ||
| 099 | |f large |a MSS 435 | ||
| 245 | 0 | 0 | |a Books, Inc. collection. |
| 264 | 1 | |c 1944-1961. | |
| 300 | |a 11 |f boxes |a (11 |f linear ft.) | ||
| 336 | |a text |b txt |2 rdacontent | ||
| 337 | |a unmediated |b n |2 rdamedia | ||
| 338 | |a volume |b nc |2 rdacarrier | ||
| 351 | |b The arrangement is alphabetic by author. | ||
| 506 | |a The collection is open for research. | ||
| 524 | 8 | |a Item, Folder number and/or title, Box number, Books, Inc. collection, MSS 435, Special Collections, MSU Libraries, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI | |
| 520 | 2 | |a The collection comprises some of the titles that Books, Inc. sold. The books were published between 1944 and 1961. | |
| 590 | |a MSU: The material is stored offsite in Remote Storage. Please contact Special Collections 3 working days in advance if you wish to use it. | ||
| 540 | |a Copyright is retained by the authors of the items in this collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law. For photocopy and duplication requests, please contact MSU Libraries Special Collections. | ||
| 541 | 1 | |a The collection was donated by Tom Nicely, year unknown. | |
| 545 | |a Books, Inc. was owned by Andrew Hamming. Books, Inc. was Mr. Hamming's second and more successful publishing venture. It came into being as the Depression was ending. At the time The Colonial Press in Worcester, Mass., owned by Lewis M. Adams, needed work for their press hands. The arrangement was made that Hamming would sell the books and Lewis M. Adams would publish the books. Mr. Adams came back from England with permission to publish an abridged version of an enclcyopedia which was quickly followed by a Bible, dictionary, juvenile literature, mysteries, and literary classics that were in the public domain.Andy Hamming was not interested in new authors or selling small quanitities of books. He was a pioneer of selling inexpensive books. He introduced the 25 cent paperback books to G.C. Murphy's variety store customers. He was the first publisher to place books in Philadelphia's American Stores (later Acme). They were not sure where to put the books in the store. American Stores declared "The New American Cookbook" was paper therefore belonged with paper towels and toilet paper. Many companies such as movie houses, Kennel-Ration Company, and door-to-door salesmen bought them to use as premiums for selling their products.Mr. Hamming considered himself to be the Henry Ford of book publishing. In 1961 at the age of 81 years, he sold the company to Publisher's Company, Inc. | ||
| 555 | |a Finding aid online: |u http://as.lib.msu.edu/repositories/2/resources/1973 | ||
| 610 | 2 | 0 | |a Books, Inc. |x Publishing. |0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no99009073 |
| 650 | 0 | |a Publishers and publishing |z United States |y 20th century |v Sources. |0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85108871 | |
| 655 | 7 | |a Trade books. |2 aat | |
| 856 | 4 | 2 | |z View the inventory of the collection |u https://findingaids.lib.msu.edu/repositories/4/resources/5973 |t 0 |
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| 952 | f | f | |p Non-Circulating |a Michigan State University-Library of Michigan |b Michigan State University |c MSU Special Collections |d MSU Special Collections - Remote |t 0 |e MSS 435 |f large |h Other scheme |i Printed Material |j Box 6 |n 1 |
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