Fairs, markets and the itinerant book trade /

Fairs, markets and the itinerant book trade / Fairs, markets & the itinerant book trade edited by Robin Myers, Michael Harris and Giles Mandelbrote. - New Castle, DE : London : Oak Knoll Press ; British Library, 2007. - xv, 223 p. : ill., 1 map ; 23 cm. - Publishing pathways .

"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.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"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.

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Book industries and trade--History--Europe--Congresses.
Book industries and trade--Exhibitions--History--Congresses.
Booksellers and bookselling--Colportage, subscription trade, etc.--History--Europe--Congresses.