Title: Against the law : crime, sharp practice, and the control of print /
Authors: Myers, Robin.; Harris, Michael, 1938-; Mandelbrote, Giles.; Myers, Robin
Publisher: Oak Knoll Press ; British Library,
Year: 2004
Subjects: Book industries and trade Corrupt practices History.; Press law; Book thefts History.; Copyright History.
Abstract: "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.
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.