This work is a Publishing Pathway's edition of nine scholarly essays that were presented at the 2000 Birkbeck conference at the University of England. The subject at this conference was book auctions from 17th century to the present. Nine leading bibliographical scholars, among them, Michael Harris, Giles Mandelbrote, Nigel Ramsey, T.A. Birrell, and Otto S. Lankhorst presented essays.
Eight essays from a conference in London (no date noted) explore various aspects of the Company's 400-year history, drawing on the recent microfilm publication of its entire archive. The Company was formed by British booksellers, stationers, printers, binders, and other producers and dealers to protect their trade interest and exert control in such matters as apprenticeship and the number of master printers. Among the topics are William Cecil, members who served in the Artillery Company before the Civil War, the discourse in the 17th century, the smuggling of pirated editions from Ireland to Scotland, and Welsh efforts to join the London-dominated association. Part of a series on the history of books. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.