The Book Trade History Conference Series

The first conference was held in 1979 and the annual publication of the papers began in 1981. This series has continued to date and the volume containing the material from 2007 is in preparation. Copies of some titles can be obtained from the Oak Knoll Press or The British Library.

Edited by Robin Myers and Michael Harris

1981 Development of the English book trade, 1700-1899

1982 Sale and distribution of books from 1700

1983 Author/publisher relations during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries

1984 Maps and prints: aspects of the English booktrade

1985 Economics of the British booktrade 1605-1939

1986 Bibliophily

1987 Aspects of printing from 1600

1988 Pioneers in bibliography

1989 Fakes and frauds: varieties of deception in print & manuscript

1990 Spreading the word: the distribution networks of print 1550-1850

1991 Property of a gentleman: the formation, organisation and dispersal of the private library 1620-1920

1992 Censorship & the control of print in England and France 1600-1910

1993 Serials and their readers 1620-1914

1994 A millenium of the book: production, design & illustration in manuscript & print 900-1900

1995 A genius for letters: booksellers and bookselling from the 16th to the 20th century

1996 Antiquaries, book collectors and the circles of learning

1997 The Stationers’ Company and the book trade 1550-1990

1998 Medicine, mortality and the book trade

1999 Journeys through the market: travel, travellers and the book trade

Edited by Robin Myers, Michael Harris and Giles Mandelbrote

2000 Libraries and the book trade: the formation of collections from the sixteenth to the twentieth century

2001 Under the hammer: book auctions since the seventeenth century

2002 Lives in print: biography and the book trade from the middle ages to the 21st century

2003 The London book trade: topographies of print in the metropolis from the sixteenth century

2004 Against the law: crime, sharp practice and the control of print

2005 Owners, annotators and the signs of reading

2006 Fairs, markets and the itinerant book trade

2007 Books on the move: tracking copies through collections and the book trade

2008 Music and the book trade from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century (forthcoming, Dec 2008)

The Book Trade History Conference series has been sponsored by the ABA since 2006.