Myers, Robin [Editor]; Harris, Michael [Editor]; Mandelbrote, Giles [Editor]

FAIRS, MARKETS & THE ITINERANT BOOK TRADE.

Pp. xvi+224(last blank), text illustrations, index; demy 8vo; black cloth, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper; Oak Knoll Press/British Library, New Castle, 2007. First edition. Publishing Pathways series. *From the Frankfurt book fairs in the sixteenth century to the Farringdon Road barrows in the twentieth, fairs and markets have played a crucial role in the circulation of books. Travelling pedlars, hawkers and chapmen have also acted as intermediaries in distributing printed material beyond the reach of conventional bookshops, while itinerant printers caused problems of control for the authorities' [wrapper blurb]. Item #105545

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