The Edinburgh History of the Book in Scotland, Volume 3: Ambition and Industry 1800–1880

The book is nicely produced, approachably written, and fairly priced by today's standards. Together with its companion volumes once the Edinburgh History of the Book in Scotland is complete it will surely become a standard and extensively consulted work of reference. -- David Pearson * Rare Books Newsletter *
This volume has been a long time in the making but it has been well worth the wait. It is a long, beautifully produced... the work of forty-two authors and two superb editors, Stephen Brown and Warren McDougall. -- Nicholas Phillipson, University of Edinburgh * The Journal of the Edinburgh Bibliographical Society *
It is all most worthwhile, and the book deserves to be used for many years to come... It is pertinent not just to Scotland, but to all the national histories of the book... Commendably, it is bound in cloth, and has been sewn--both rarities in current book production. It is a credit to Edinburgh University Press. * The Library *
This is an enormously informative and thought-provoking book. -- Michael Kerrigan * The Scotsman *
Both [Edinburgh History of the Book in Scotland, Volumes 3 and 4] are handsomely illustrated, and make use of typographic devices, such as subheadings, chronologies, tables and inserted boxes of text to make it easier for users to find their way. * Times Literary Supplement *
Like much else that the University Press does...this represents a substantial contribution to the emergence of Scottish literary history and criticism ... The books themselves continue another fine tradition of Edinburgh University Press in their handsome production and lavish illustration. They will become, already are, indispensable parts of our knowledge of Scotland in this century. -- Ian Campbell * University of Edinburgh Journal *