Reminiscences of Frank Egner : oral history, 1956.

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Reminiscences of Frank Egner : oral history, 1956.

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McGraw-Hill Book Company from World War II: success as technical publisher, mail selling and risks involved, internal competition, Whittlesey House, stock and storage problems, book pirating, comparison with other publishers; purchase of Blakiston Company and discussion of medical publishing: book jobbers and medical schools, advertising, manuscript procurement, research, competition; extensive discussion of mail order selling, market access and manuscript acceptance; quality of McGraw-Hill market; Martin Foss, James H. McGraw.

Transcript: 68 leaves.

Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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Egner, Frank, 1892-1957.

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McGraw-Hill, inc.

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Phillips, Harlan B.

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