BOKUTREDNINGEN, BETANKANDE AVGIVET AV SARSKILDA SAKKUNNIGE INOM ECKLESIASTIKDEPARTEMENT [THE BOOK COMMISSION, ANALYSIS BY VARIOUS EXPERTS IN THE MINISTRY OF ECCLESIASTICAL AFFAIRS]

Stockholm: Bokutredning (Book Commission), 1952. sewn, stiff paper wrappers. Sweden. 8vo. sewn, stiff paper wrappers. 310 pages. The "Book Commission," forerunner of the later Literary Commission, began in 1948 under the auspices of the "Ecklesiastikdepartement," which seems to have taken care of such things then. In 1949, questionnaire surveys were made of readers and writers. This publication analyses the surveys and other data with regard to books and the public, publishing, the organization of distribution, the situation of writers and methods of support, and juvenile literature. With 73 tables of data and sample portions of the questionnaires. SOU no. 23 of 1952. Some soiling, tears; backing browned.