Section III3 entries
Signatures H · I · J
Who actually owned the copy.
Circulation
Who owned the copy decides what shape it takes. Bulk-buying lending libraries, subscription lists and railway bookstalls each wanted a different object, and the three-volume novel is what one of them wanted.
Entries in Circulation
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- Mudie's Select Library
Bulk purchase and lending by the volume kept the three-decker alive long after readers wanted it, because the form suited the lender.
Signature H
Circulation - The three-decker
A distribution decision that became a literary form, and collapsed quickly once the libraries stopped buying.
Signature I
Circulation - Subscription
Printing against a list of names, with the names printed in the book.
Signature J
Circulation