Against the law
Subtitle: crime, sharp practice, and the control of print
By: edited by Robin Myers, Michael Harris, and Giles Mandelbrote.
Contributors: Myers, Robin.; Harris, Michael, 1938-; Mandelbrote, Giles.; Conference on Book Trade History (26th : 2004 : St. Bride Printing Library)
Series: Publishing pathways
Publisher: Oak Knoll Press; British Library; Oak Knoll Pr; Brand: Oak Knoll Pr
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New Castle, DE; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 184
Subjects: Book industries and trade -- Corrupt practices -- History.; Press law.; Book thefts -- History.; Copyright -- History.
Description: "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.

"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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
"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.
Table of contents: title: Book thefts in the Middle Ages / Christopher de Hamel; title: Censorship of Hebrew books in sixteenth century Italy / Adri K. Offenberg; title: Some property is theft: copyright law and illegal activity in early modern Scotland / Alastair J. Mann; title: Offensive behaviour in the English book trade, 1641-1700 / Maureen Bell; title: Crimes of conscience: the last will and testament of John Dunton / Helen Berry; title: History of the false raised band / Nicholas Pickwoad; title: Guglielmo Libri / Anthony Hobson; title: Bound for Botany Bay; or, What did the nineteenth century convict read? / Bill Bell.