| Chapter I PAGE | |
| The English Pioneers | 7 |
| Chapter II | |
| The Regulation of the Industry and the Company of Stationers | 18 |
| Chapter III | |
| John Day and the Dark Ages of English Printing | 34 |
| Chapter IV | |
| The Eighteenth Century: the Period of Transition | 49 |
| Chapter V | |
| The Whittinghams and the Modern Book | 68 |
| Supplementary Reading | 76 |
| Review Questions | 77 |