A Daring Game
by
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements
Author’s introduction
A note on references, money and place names
Abbreviations
I Preliminary
I.1 The story of the Scio New Testament
I.2 The Printing of the Scio New Testament
I.2.a Preparation, printing and binding
I.2.b Costs of production
I.3 Price policy
I.4 Methods of distribution
II Sales in the ‘tolerated period’ (April 1837 – May 1838)
II.1 The Northern Journey (May – October 1837)
II.1.2 Private sales during the Northern Journey
II.1.2.a The first leg (Madrid mid May – Coruña 20 July 1837)
II.1.2.b The second leg (Coruña 20 July – Madrid 31 October 1837)
II.1.3 The mysterious satchel sales
II.2 Sales through bookshops (April 1837 – May 1838)
II.2.1 Bookshop distribution and marketing
II.2.2 Bookshop sales per city
II.2.2.i Madrid
II.2.2.ii Salamanca
II.2.2.iii Valladolid
II.2.2.v Lugo
II.2.2.vi Coruña
II.2.2.vii Santiago de Compostela and Pontevedra
II.2.2.viii Ferrol
II.2.2.ix Oviedo
II.2.2.x Santander
II.2.2.xi Burgos
II.2.2.xii Toledo
II.2.2.xiii Seville
II.2.2.xiv Valencia
II.2.2.xv Cadiz
II.2.2.xvi Malaga
II.2.3 Prices, costs and bookseller commission.
II.3 Private sales in Madrid (April 1837 – May 1838)
II.3.1 Supply to the British ambassador
II.3.2 Sales from the ‘Despacho’
II.4 The confiscations after 19 May 1838
III Sales in the ‘prohibited’ period (July 1838 – November 1839)
III.1 Peasant attitudes and popular literacy
III.2 Sales Madrid area (July – August 1838)
III.2.1 Trip 1 to the Sagra of Toledo (10–22 July 1838)
III.2.2 Trip 2 to Aranjuez and Ocaña (late July – 3 August 1838)
III.2.3 Sales in villages near Madrid (July – August 1838)
III.2.4 Trip 3 to Segovia and Avila (5–29 August 1838)
III.3 Sales Madrid area (January – March 1839)
III.3.1 Sales in Madrid city by Antonio (January – February 1839)
III.3.2 In the ‘purlieux’ of Madrid by Vitoriano Lopez (January – February 1839)
III.3.3 Trip 4 to Cobeña and the area East of Madrid (27 January – 4 February 1839)
III.3.4 Trip 5 to Guadalajara (16–28 February 1839)
III.3.5 Trip 6 to Navalcarnero (early March 1839)
III.3.6 Sales in Madrid by ‘colporteurs’ (March 1839)
III.4 Sales in Andalusia and Africa (May – November 1839)
III.4.1 First sales in Seville (May – July 1839)
III.4.2 Sales in San Lucar (August 1839)
III.4.3 Sales in Tangier and Morocco (August – September 1839)
III.4.4 Later sales in Seville (October – November 1839)
IV Summaries
IV.1 Borrow’s sales per region
IV.1.1 Madrid city
IV.1.2 Countryside around Madrid.
IV.1.3 Seville and Andalusia
IV.1.4 Galicia
IV.1.6 Castilla-La Mancha
IV.1.7 Sales in other Spanish regions and exports
IV.2 Average village sales
IV.3 Bookseller sales
IV.4 Confiscated copies
IV.5 Development of the central stock
IV.6 Total sales 1837–1839
IV.7 Left-behind stock
IV.8 Finances
V Conclusion: Aims, means and morals
Appendix 1: The monetary system of Borrow’s Spain
Currency and coinage
Rates of exchange
Purchasing power of Spanish money
Appendix 2: Borrow’s sales of complete Bibles
Appendix 3: George Borrow’s expense accounts
Bibliography and sources
Index
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