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Studies in bibliography

STUDIES IN BIBLIOGRAPHY

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Mind and Textual Matter

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SCRIBAL INTENTIONS IN MEDIEVAL ROMANCE: A CASE STUDY OF ROBERT THORNTON

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I. A Rationale of "Scribal Corruption"?

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II. Past Assessments of Robert Thornton

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III. The Methodology of Reassessment

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IV. Constructing Thornton's Scribal Profile

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V. From Profile to Rationale

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VI. Conclusions and Application

APPENDIX 1 Manuscripts and Lines Collated and Critical Editions Consulted

APPENDIX 2 Examples of Scribal Habits

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COMPOSITOR B'S SPEECH-PREFIXES IN THE FIRST FOLIO OF SHAKESPEARE AND THE QUESTION OF COPY FOR 2 HENRY IV

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MEMORIAL TRANSMISSION, SHORTHAND, AND JOHN OF BORDEAUX

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THE BAGFORD CHAPEL RULES: A SET OF ENGLISH PRINTING HOUSE REGULATIONS, CIRCA 1686–1707

APPENDIX ORDERS To be Observed in this PRINTING-HOUSE.

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"THE TRAGEDY OF THE BOOK INDUSTRY"? BOOKSTORES AND BOOK DISTRIBUTION IN THE UNITED STATES TO 1950

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Directories of American Bookstores to 1950

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I. General Bookstores

D. Hannegan, Office of the Booksellers' Trade List (New York), 1854

Orville A. Roorbach (New York), 1859

American Publishers' Circular and Literary Gazette (New York), 1859–1860

Wm. F. Bartlett (New York), 1860

New York Trade Sale Association (New York), 1863

John H. Dingman (New York), 1867–1870

Office of Publishers' Weekly (New York), 1879–1880

A. C. Farley & Co. and Related Firms (Philadelphia), 1881–1890

M. Shirley Geyer and Related Firms (New York), 1886–1893

C. N. Caspar (Milwaukee), 1889

Industrial Information Company of New Jersey (New York), 1891–1895

James Clegg (Rochdale UK), 1899–1914

H. W. Wilson Co. (Minneapolis), 1902–1910

R. R. Bowker Co., Office of The Publishers' Weekly (New York), 1912–1949

"The Librarian" (Gravesend) and Successors, 1927–1950

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II. Second-Hand and Antiquarian Bookstores

C. N. Caspar (Milwaukee), 1885–1887

James Clegg (Rochdale UK), 1888–1894

Miscellaneous Directories of Second-Hand Book Stores, 1940–1949

COLLECTING DANTE FROM TUSCANY: THE FORMATION OF THE FISKE DANTE COLLECTION AT CORNELL UNIVERSITY

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BOOK-JACKETS OF THE 1890s

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A LIST OF EXAMPLES, 1891–1900, OF BRITISH AND AMERICAN PUBLISHERS' PRINTED BOOK-JACKETS, BOXES, AND OTHER DETACHABLE COVERINGS

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INDEX TO THE LIST

(1) Authors, Editors, Illustrators, Translators (plus personal-name subjects, and titles without named authors)

(2) Publishers and Series British (London)

British (other than London)

American (New York)

American (other than New York)

(5) Dealers and Auction Houses

(6) Scholars (and other persons who have provided information, not covered under previous headings, in published or unpublished form)

Notes on Contributors

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BIBLIOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA

PAST PRESIDENTS

BENEFACTORS FOR 2005–2006

PATRONS FOR 2005–2006

CONTRIBUTING MEMBERS FOR 2005–2006

SUBSCRIBING MEMBERS FOR 2005–2006

STUDENT MEMBERS FOR 2005–2006

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AVAILABLE PUBLICATIONS

Accessible on the World Wide Web

Print Publications

Studies in Bibliography

Other Society Publications

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American Publishers' Circular and Literary Gazette (New York), 1859–1860

3. List Of Booksellers In The New England [Middle] [Southern] [Western]
States Prepared Expressly For The American Publishers' Circular.

Entered according to Act of Congress, 1859 [1860], by Charles B. Rode in
the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern
District of New York.

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Caption title for four articles published serially in the American Publishers' Circular
and Literary Gazette 6 Aug. 1859 (pp. 386–387), 10 Sept. 1859 (pp. 452–454), 24
March 1860 (pp. 142–144), and 31 March 1860 (pp. 165–167).

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