Davies, David W., AN ENQUIRY INTO THE READING OF THE LOWER CLASSES, Pasadena, CA: Grant Dahlstrom,1970. 1^st Ed. limited to 250 copies, OE gray cloth w/gilt titling/orange repeating squares on paper boards, 8vo (10 x 6.250”), Fine / n.a., xvi, 94 pp.

A totally different approach to the book trade of 1800-1850 primarily in the U.K.  The work – told predominantly from the viewpoint of the publishers of the addressed materials - is elucidated by the addition of 18 b/w plates.  A wonderful book on an oft overlooked aspect of the bibliophilic world.