Table of Contents

Introduction; The first stationers; The Charter; The first Cambridge press; Conflict with the stationers; Bentley's public press; The eighteenth century; The early nineteenth century; The partnership; The partnership ends; Between the wars; After 1945; Crisis and recovery; Consolidating the past, constructing the future: 1980s to early 1990s; The 1990s: global activity and innovation; Achievements and challenges of the 1990s and beyond; 'One of the brightest jewels...'; Some Cambridge books and authors; Appendices.

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A short, illustrated account of the world's oldest publishing house.