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The Resource Against the law : crime, sharp practice and the control of print, edited by Robin Myers, Michael Harris and Giles Mandelbrote

Against the law : crime, sharp practice and the control of print, edited by Robin Myers, Michael Harris and Giles Mandelbrote

Label
Against the law : crime, sharp practice and the control of print
Title
Against the law
Title remainder
crime, sharp practice and the control of print
Statement of responsibility
edited by Robin Myers, Michael Harris and Giles Mandelbrote
Contributor
Subject
Language
eng
Member of
Cataloging source
VA@
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
  • 1938-
  • 2004
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Myers, Robin
  • Harris, Michael
  • Mandelbrote, Giles
  • Annual Conference on Book Trade History
Series statement
Publishing pathways
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Book industries and trade
  • Publishers and publishing
  • Publishers and publishing
  • Press law
Label
Against the law : crime, sharp practice and the control of print, edited by Robin Myers, Michael Harris and Giles Mandelbrote
Instantiates
Publication
Note
  • "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
  • "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
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Book 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
Control code
58055691
Dimensions
22 cm
Extent
xv, 184 pages
Isbn
9781584561538
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations
Label
Against the law : crime, sharp practice and the control of print, edited by Robin Myers, Michael Harris and Giles Mandelbrote
Publication
Note
  • "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
  • "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
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Book 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
Control code
58055691
Dimensions
22 cm
Extent
xv, 184 pages
Isbn
9781584561538
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations

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