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Books On The Move : Tracking Copies Through Collections And The Book Trade

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edited by Robin Myers, Michael Harris, and Giles Mandelbrote
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Book, Oak Knoll Press, 2007
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- Table of contents only
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Books · Provenance · Congresses · Book industries and trade · Europe · History · Book collecting · Private libraries · Manuscripts · Collectors and collecting · Myers, Robin · Harris, Michael, 1938- · Mandelbrote, Giles
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(UPPER LEVEL) Z291.7 .B66 2007 NEW BOOK(MAIN)

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(UPPER LEVEL)	Z291.7 .B66 2007	NEW BOOK(MAIN)

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Owners, Annotators And The Signs Of Reading

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edited by Robin Myers, Michael Harris and Giles Mandelbrote
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Book, Oak Knoll, 2005
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Book collecting · Congresses · Book industries and trade · History · Books and reading · Authors and readers · Harris, Michael, 1938- · Myers, Robin · Mandelbrote, Giles · British Library · Conference on Book Trade History (26th : 2004 : London, England)
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(UPPER LEVEL) Z987 .O95 2005 NEW BOOK(MAIN)

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(UPPER LEVEL)	Z987 .O95 2005	NEW BOOK(MAIN)

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Books And Readers In Early Modern England : Material Studies

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edited by Jennifer Andersen and Elizabeth Sauer ; with an afterword by Stephen Orgel
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Book, University of Pennsylvania Press, 2002
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- Table of contents
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Books and Readers in Early Modern England examines readers, reading, and publication practices from the Renaissance to the Restoration. The essays draw on an array of documentary evidence–from library catalogs, prefaces, title pages and dedications, marginalia, commonplace books, and letters to ink, paper, and bindings–to explore individual reading habits and experiences in a period of religious dissent, political instability, and cultural transformation. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Books and reading · England · History · 16th century · 17th century · Literature and society · Book industries and trade · Intellectual life · Andersen, Jennifer Lotte · Sauer, Elizabeth, 1964-
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(UPPER LEVEL) Z1003.5.G7 B69 2002 AVAILABLE

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(UPPER LEVEL)	Z1003.5.G7 B69 2002	AVAILABLE

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A New Introduction To Bibliography

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by Philip Gaskell
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Book, Oak Knoll Press, 1995
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Gaskell incorporates work done since McKerrow’s day on the history of the printing technology of the hand-press period, and he breaks new ground by providing a general description of the printing practices of the machine-press period. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Printing · History · Book industries and trade · Bibliography, Critical · Bibliography · Book Industry · history · Gaskell, Philip
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(UPPER LEVEL) Z116.A2 G27 2007 DUE 12-05-09

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(UPPER LEVEL)	Z116.A2 G27 2007	DUE 12-05-09

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A Companion To The History Of The Book

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edited by Simon Eliot and Jonathan Rose
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Book, Blackwell Pub, 2007
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From the early Sumerian clay tablet through to the emergence of the electronic text, this Companion provides a continuous and coherent account of the history of the book. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Books · History · Printing · Book industries and trade · Eliot, Simon · Rose, Jonathan, 1952-
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(UPPER LEVEL) Z4 .C73 2007 AVAILABLE

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(UPPER LEVEL)	Z4 .C73 2007	AVAILABLE

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The Book Of The Play : Playwrights, Stationers, And Readers In Early Modern England

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edited by Marta Straznicky
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Book, University of Massachusetts Press, 2006
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- Table of contents
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“The Book of the Play” is a collection of essays that examines early modern drama in the context of book history. Marta Straznicky?s introduction offers a survey of approaches to the history of play reading in this period, and the collection as a whole consolidates recent work in textual, bibliographic, and cultural studies of printed drama. In Part Two, “Play Reading and the Book Trade,” five essays consider the impact of play reading on the public sphere through the lens of publishing practices. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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English drama · 17th century · History and criticism · Drama · Publishing · England · History · Books and reading · Book industries and trade · Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 · 16th century · Straznicky, Marta
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(UPPER LEVEL) PR653 .B66 2006 AVAILABLE

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(UPPER LEVEL)	PR653 .B66 2006	AVAILABLE

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An Introduction To Book History

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David Finkelstein and Alistair McCleery
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Book, Routledge, 2005
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- Table of contents
- Publisher description
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Sections include: (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Books · Social aspects · History · Printing · Authorship · Book industries and trade · Books and reading · Finkelstein, David, 1964- · McCleery, Alistair
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(UPPER LEVEL) Z4 .F49 2005 DUE 02-07-10

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(UPPER LEVEL)	Z4 .F49 2005	DUE 02-07-10

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The Anonymous Renaissance : Cultures Of Discretion In Tudor-Stuart England

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Marcy L. North
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Book, University of Chicago Press, 2003
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- TABLE OF CONTENTS
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“The Anonymous Renaissance offers a paradigm-shifting look at print culture in early modern England. It is difficult to overstate the originality and importance of this new study.”-Jennifer Summit, Stanford University The Renaissance was in many ways the beginning of modern and self-conscious authorship, a time when individual genius was celebrated and an author’s name could become a book trade commodity. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Anonymous writings, English · History and criticism · English literature · Early modern, 1500-1700 · History and criticism · Authorship · Social aspects · England · History · 16th century · 17th century · Book industries and trade · Anonyms and pseudonyms, English · Renaissance · North, Marcy L
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(UPPER LEVEL) PR121 .N67 2003 AVAILABLE

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(UPPER LEVEL)	PR121 .N67 2003	AVAILABLE

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Books On The Frontier : Print Culture In The American West, 1763-1875

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by Richard W. Clement
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Book, Library of Congress, 2003
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From the end of the French and Indian War through the nineteenth century, the pioneers of the American book trade moved west, motivated, to varying degrees, by bibliophilia, enterprise, and a spirit of adventure. Through their own lively anecdotes and recollections, Richard Clement offers a history of book publishing and trade on the American frontier in Lexington, Louisville, and St Louis, where Joseph Charless opens various bookstores and print shops. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Book industries and trade · United States · History · West (U.S.) · Printing · Books and reading · Newspaper publishing · Frontier and pioneer life · Territorial expansion · Clement, Richard W., 1951-
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(UPPER LEVEL) Z473 .C59 2003 AVAILABLE

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(UPPER LEVEL)	Z473 .C59 2003	AVAILABLE

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The Business Of Books : How International Conglomerates Took Over Publishing And Changed The Way We Read

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André Schiffrin
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Book, Verso, 2000
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Post-war American publishing has been ruthlessly transformed since Andre Schiffrin joined its ranks in 1956. An engaging counterpoint to recent, celebratory memoirs of the industry written by those with more stock options and fewer scruples than Schiffrin, The Business of Books warns of the danger to adventurous, intelligent publishing in the bullring of today’s marketplace. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Publishers and publishing · United States · History · 20th century · Book industries and trade · Schiffrin, André
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(UPPER LEVEL) Z278 .S34 2000 AVAILABLE

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(UPPER LEVEL)	Z278 .S34 2000	AVAILABLE

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The Book Encompassed : Studies In Twentieth-century Bibliography

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edited by Peter Davison
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Book, Cambridge University Press, 1992
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Bibliography · Methodology · History · 20th century · Book industries and trade · Historiography · Editing · Manuscripts · Books · Davison, Peter Hobley
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(UPPER LEVEL) Z1001.3 .B66 1992 AVAILABLE

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(UPPER LEVEL)	Z1001.3 .B66 1992	AVAILABLE

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The Smithsonian Book Of Books

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Michael Olmert
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Book, 1st ed, Smithsonian Books, 1992
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Books · History · Book industries and trade · Olmert, Michael
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OVERSIZE (UPPER) Z4 .O54 1992 AVAILABLE

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OVERSIZE (UPPER)	Z4 .O54 1992	AVAILABLE

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Scribes And Illuminators

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Christopher De Hamel
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Book, University of Toronto Press, 1992
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Christopher de Hamel describes each stage of production from the preparation of the vellum, pens, paints and inks to the writing of the scripts and the final decoration and illumination of the book. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Manuscripts, Medieval · Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval · Books · History · 400-1400 · 1400-1600 · Book industries and trade · Manuscrits médiévaux · Enluminure médiévale · Livres · Histoire · Industrie et commerce · De Hamel, Christopher, 1950- · British Museum
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(UPPER LEVEL) ND2920 .D4 AVAILABLE

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(UPPER LEVEL)	ND2920 .D4	AVAILABLE

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Printing The Written Word : The Social History Of Books, Circa 1450-1520

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edited by Sandra Hindman
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Book, Cornell University Press, 1991
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Printing · History · Origin and antecedents · Book industries and trade · Social aspects · Books and reading · 16th century · Books · 1400-1600 · Incunabula · Hindman, Sandra, 1944-
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(UPPER LEVEL) Z126 .P73 1991 AVAILABLE

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(UPPER LEVEL)	Z126 .P73 1991	AVAILABLE

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Books And The Western World : A Cultural History

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Karl Schottenloher ; translated by William D. Boyd and Irmgard H. Wolfe
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Book, McFarland, 1989
Description
The famous Bucher bewegten die Welt: Eine Kulturgeschichte des Buches (2d ed., Verlag Anton Hiersemann, 1968) is a rich history of books and publishing and libraries. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Books · History · Libraries · Book collecting · Book industries and trade · Civilization, Western · Schottenloher, Karl, 1878-
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(UPPER LEVEL) Z4 .S3813 1989 AVAILABLE

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(UPPER LEVEL)	Z4 .S3813 1989	AVAILABLE

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