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9 - The Trade in Second-Hand Books

from Trading and Collecting

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 June 2022

David McKitterick
David McKitterick
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University of Cambridge
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In Britain, for trade, libraries and collectors alike, the period between the 1830s and the 1880s is bounded by two dominant series of events in the auction world: the sales of Richard Heber’s books in the 1830s, and the major sales in Britain in the 1880s consequent on the settled lands legislation that made sales of inherited collections easier. Major changes occurred in auctions and in the retail trade during this period.

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Richard HeberBlenheim libraryBernard QuaritchJoseph TechenerTrade transitionChanging customers
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Readers in a Revolution
Bibliographical Change in the Nineteenth Century
 , pp. 119 - 138
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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