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020 $a158456153X (Oak Knoll)
020 $a0712348964 (British Library)
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050 00 $aZ278$b.A33 2004
245 00 $aAgainst the law :$bcrime, sharp practice, and the control of print /$cedited by Robin Myers, Michael Harris, and Giles Mandelbrote.
260 $aNew Castle, DE :$bOak Knoll Press ;$aLondon :$bBritish Library,$c2004.
300 $axv, 184 p. :$bill. ;$c22 cm.
440 0 $aPublishing pathways
500 $a"The contributors to this volume explore the underside of the book trade, revealing the ways in which laws and regulations relating to books have been exploited and manipulated, or evaded and broken, over many centuries."--P. vii.
500 $a"These papers are the published proceedings of the 26th annual book trade history conference held at the St Bride Printing Library and Birkbeck College."--P. ix.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aBook thefts in the Middle Ages / Christopher de Hamel -- Censorship of Hebrew books in sixteenth century Italy / Adri K. Offenberg -- Some property is theft: copyright law and illegal activity in early modern Scotland / Alastair J. Mann -- Offensive behaviour in the English book trade, 1641-1700 / Maureen Bell -- Crimes of conscience: the last will and testament of John Dunton / Helen Berry -- History of the false raised band / Nicholas Pickwoad -- Guglielmo Libri / Anthony Hobson -- Bound for Botany Bay; or, What did the nineteenth century convict read? / Bill Bell.
650 0 $aBook industries and trade$xCorrupt practices$xHistory.
650 0 $aPress law.
650 0 $aBook thefts$xHistory.
650 0 $aCopyright$xHistory.
700 1 $aMyers, Robin.
700 1 $aHarris, Michael,$d1938-
700 1 $aMandelbrote, Giles.
711 2 $aConference on Book Trade History$n(26th :$d2004 :$cSt. Bride Printing Library)