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Phelps, Cassandra Deirdre was born on March 6, 1950 in Easton, Pennsylvania, United States. Daughter of Southwick and Marjorie Edsall Phelps.
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PRINTING, PUBLISHING, AND BOOKSELLING IN SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS, 1825-1900 IN: Essex Institute Historical Collections, October, 1988, vol. 124 no.4, pp.227-264.
(A time of transition. In Salem after 1825, the number of ...)
A time of transition. In Salem after 1825, the number of booksellers who were not printers increased, and publishing began to be a separate operation, though both printers and booksellers still published. Appended is a directory of the Salem book trade pp.267-295 based partly on materials at the Essex Institute and including other book-related trades binding, distribution, book agents, etc. in Salem during the period. 227-264 pages. stiff paper wrappers.. 8vo..
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Cassandra Deirdre Phelps
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Cassandra Deirdre Phelps, American independent scholar. Boston University fellow, 1984-1985. Fellow Bibliographical Society of America; member Modern Language Association, American Printing Association (president New England chapter 1985-1986, board directors 1983-1984, 92-94), Society for Textual Scholarship, Association for Documentary Editing, Society for History of Authorship, Reading and Public, Society for Critical Exchange.
Education
Bachelor of Arts in English, Oberlin College, 1972. Medical Science Liaison Society, Columbia University, 1984. Master of Arts in History, Boston University, 1986.
Master of Arts in English, Boston University, 1987. Doctor of Philosophy in English, Boston University, 1993.
Career
Project manager, book designer various textbook publications, Boston, 1972-1983. Acting reference library Essex Institute, Salem, Massachusetts, 1985, curatorial assistant for books and printed materials, 1985-1986. Teaching fellow in English Boston University, 1985-1991.
Founding editor, public New England Book and Text Studies, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1994-1996. Independent scholar, since 1993.
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PRINTING, PUBLISHING, AND BOOKSELLING IN SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS, 1825-1900 IN: Essex Institute Historical Collections, October, 1988, vol. 124 no.4, pp.227-264.
(A time of transition. In Salem after 1825, the number of ...)
- Printing, Publishing, and Bookselling in Salem, Massachusetts, 1825-1900 : Octob
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PRINTING, PUBLISHING, AND BOOKSELLING IN SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS, 1825-1900 IN: Essex Institute Historical Collections, October, 1988, vol. 124 no.4, pp.227-264.
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Fellow Bibliographical Society of America. Member Modern Language Association, American Printing Association (president New England chapter 1985-1986, board directors 1983-1984, 92-94), Society for Textual Scholarship, Association for Documentary Editing, Society for History of Authorship, Reading and Public, Society for Critical Exchange.
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