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Title(s):

Books on the move : tracking copies through collections and the book trade / edited by Robin Myers, Michael Harris, and Giles Mandelbrote.

Published/Created:
New Castle, DE : Oak Knoll Press ; 2007.
London : British Library, 2007.
Physical Description:
xv, 164 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Holdings:
Reference Library
Z291.7 .B66 2007 (LC)
Accessible in the Reference Library [Hours]
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Full Orbis Record:
http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/8037012
Classification:
Books
Notes:
"The present volume is the twenty-seventh in the series of proceedings of the annual conference on book trade history, which started in 1979. This conference was held at Wesley's Chapel in City Road on 1 and 2 December 2006, under the auspices of the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association ..."--Introd.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subject Terms:
Book collecting -- Europe -- History -- Congresses.
Book industries and trade -- Europe -- History -- Congresses.
Books -- Provenance -- Congresses.
Manuscripts -- Collectors and collecting -- Europe -- History -- Congresses.
Private libraries -- Europe -- History -- Congresses.
Contributors:
Myers, Robin (Book trade historian)
Harris, Michael, 1938-
Mandelbrote, Giles.
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