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Tauchnitz

American  
[toukh-nits] / ˈtaʊx nɪts /

noun

  1. Karl Christoph Traugott 1761–1836, and his son, Karl Christian Philipp 1798–1884, German printers and publishers.


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Speaking of books, all the red Tauchnitz books used for tradecraft in Saul Berenson’s library are from my father’s collection.

From New York Times Apr. 26, 2020

The only items in it that could be called propaganda, in a stretched sense of that word, were its paid advertisements of Tauchnitz books, sporting articles, wearing apparel, souvenirs and the like.

From Time Magazine Archive

In 1934 Tauchnitz was merged with its most powerful rival, the Albatross Modern Continental Library, managed by John Holroyd-Reece, onetime British cavalry officer, founder of the arty Pegasus Press and the Pantheon Series.

From Time Magazine Archive

The night-nurse was sitting in an easy chair behind the screen, reading a Tauchnitz edition of a novel by Florence Barclay.

From Juggernaut by Campbell, Alice

He studied 205 the long shelves of Tauchnitz.

From The Place of Honeymoons by Keller, Arthur Ignatius

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