LEADER 03487nam 2200625Ia 450 001 9910457151803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-35223-7 010 $a9786612352232 010 $a0-300-14272-2 024 7 $a10.12987/9780300142723 035 $a(CKB)2430000000010713 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH23049937 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000313668 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11212987 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000313668 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10358373 035 $a(PQKB)11095826 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3421212 035 $a(DE-B1597)485328 035 $a(OCoLC)593239845 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780300142723 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3421212 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10690325 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL235223 035 $a(OCoLC)923603550 035 $a(EXLCZ)992430000000010713 100 $a20080419d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 12$aA world of letters$b[electronic resource] $eYale University Press, 1908-2008 /$fNicholas A. Basbanes 210 $aNew Haven $cYale University Press$dc2008 215 $a1 online resource (224 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-300-11598-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tPreface -- $tONE The Formative Decades -- $tTWO The Middle Years -- $tTHREE Enriching the Mix -- $tFOUR A Press in Transition -- $tNotes -- $tCentennial Highlights 330 $aFor Yale University Press, which celebrates its hundredth birthday in 2008, the century has been an eventful one, punctuated with no few surprises. The Press has published more than 8,000 volumes through the years, scores of bestsellers and award-winners among them, and these books have come to fruition through the efforts of a host of colorful authors, editors, directors, board members, and others of intellectual and literary renown. With an ear always cocked for an interesting tale, one of today's best storytellers presents an anecdote-rich chronicle of the Press's first 100 years. Nicholas Basbanes, whom David McCullough has called "the leading authority of books about books," quickly convinces us that the Press's history, while bookish, is also lively and fascinating. Basbanes explores the saga behind the acquisition of Eugene O'Neill's blockbuster play, the all-time Yale bestseller Long Day's Journey into Night; the controversy sparked in 1965 by publication of The Vinland Map; the origins of the groundbreaking Annals of Communism series, initiated in the wake of the Soviet Union's demise; and many more highlights from Press annals. Basbanes looks at the reasons behind the publisher's remarkable financial success, and he completes A World of Letters with a glimpse at the new initiatives that will propel the Press into a second exciting century. 606 $aUniversity presses$zConnecticut$zNew Haven$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aScholarly publishing$zConnecticut$zNew Haven$xHistory$y20th century 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aUniversity presses$xHistory 615 0$aScholarly publishing$xHistory 676 $a070.5/94 700 $aBasbanes$b Nicholas A.$f1943-$01056045 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910457151803321 996 $aA world of letters$92490088 997 $aUNINA LEADER 00893nam a2200277 i 4500 001 991003071379707536 005 20020509111645.0 008 980220s|||| de ||| | ger 020 $a3406085040 035 $ab11104442-39ule_inst 035 $aPARLA174540$9ExL 040 $aDip.to Filosofia$bita 082 0 $a500 100 1 $aFischer, Klaus$0159104 245 10$aGalileo Galilei /$cKlaus Fischer 260 $aMunchen :$bBeck, 300 $a238 p. ;$c18 cm. 490 0 $aGrosse Denker 490 0 $aBeck'sche schwarze Reihe ;$v504 650 4$aGalilei, Galileo 907 $a.b11104442$b23-02-17$c28-06-02 912 $a991003071379707536 945 $aLE005 500 GAL01. FIS01. 01$g1$i2005000009105$lle005$o-$pE0.00$q-$rl$s- $t0$u1$v0$w1$x0$y.i11239037$z28-06-02 996 $aGalileo Galilei$9857578 997 $aUNISALENTO 998 $ale005$b01-01-98$cm$da $e-$fger$gde $h0$i1