| Title |
Fairs, markets and the itinerant book trade / edited by Robin Myers, Michael Harris and Giles Mandelbrote. |
| OCLC |
124092855 |
| ISBN |
9781584562009 (Oak Knoll) |
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1584562005 (Oak Knoll) |
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0712349847 (British Lib.) |
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9780712349840 (British Lib.) |
| Publisher |
New Castle, DE : Oak Knoll Press ; London : British Library, 2007. |
| Description |
xv, 223 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| LC Subject heading/s |
Book industries and trade -- Europe -- History -- Congresses.
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Booksellers and bookselling -- Europe -- Colportage, subscription trade, etc. -- History -- Congresses.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
"Omnium totius orbis emporiorum compendium" : the Frankfurt Fair in the early modern period / John L. Flood -- Itinerant booksellers, printers, and pedlars in sixteenth-century Spain and Portugal / Clive Griffin -- Murder, debt and retribution in the Italico-Franco-Spanish book trade : the Beraud-Michel-Ruiz affair, 1586-91 / Ian Maclean -- "To all booksellers, country chapmen, hawkers and others" : how the population of East Anglia obtained its printed materials / David Stoker -- Watching the pedlar's movements: itinerant distribution in the urban Netherlands / Jeroen Salman -- The Scottish chapman / John Morris -- The book trade in public spaces: London street booksellers, 1690-1850 / Michael Harris. |
| General note |
"Based on papers originally given at the 27th annual conference on book trade history, sponsored by the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association and held, in 2005, at the Society of Antiquaries"--P. vii. |
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