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The history of bookselling in the United States is of special interest. The Spanish settlements drew away from the old country much of its enterprise and best talent, and the presses of Mexico and other cities teemed with publications mostly of a religious character, but many others, especially linguistic and historical, were also published.
In Rome, toward the end of the republic, it became the fashion to have a library, and Roman booksellers carried on a flourishing trade. [2]The spread of Christianity naturally created a great demand for copies of the Gospels, other sacred books, and later on for missals and other devotional volumes for both church and private use. [3]
Joseph-Beth Booksellers Kentucky: Lexington: Weiser Antiquarian Books Maine: York: Red Emma's Bookstore Coffeehouse Maryland: Baltimore: Anarchist: Lucy Parsons Center Massachusetts: Boston: Anarchist: Grolier Poetry Bookshop Massachusetts: Cambridge: Harvard Book Store Massachusetts: Cambridge: The Bookmill Massachusetts: Montague: The Odyssey ...
American Booksellers Association, founded in 1900, the trade association for independent booksellers [3] American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression, subsidiary organization; Association of Booksellers for Children; Christian Booksellers Association [4] Independent Mystery Booksellers Association
Some booksellers and publishers, like William Parks, [241] Isaiah Thomas, [242] and Daniel Henchman [243] performed their own bookbinding; however, bookbinders in general were an obscure lot and were generally not known by name for the works they bound. There were very few exceptions where bookbinder's names were included in the inscription ...
The American Booksellers Association (ABA) is a non-profit trade association founded in 1900 that promotes independent bookstores in the United States. ABA's core members are key participants in their communities' local economy and culture, and to assist them ABA creates relevant programs; provides education, information, business products, and services; and engages in public policy and ...
Token issued by Lackington in 1794, reverse reads "HALFPENNY of J. LACKINGTON & Co." "CHEAPEST BOOKSELLERS IN THE WORLD" Blue plaque commemorating James Lackington in Budleigh Salterton James Lackington (31 August 1746 in Wellington, Somerset [ 1 ] – 22 November 1815 in Budleigh Salterton , Devon [ 2 ] ) was a bookseller who is credited with ...
Founded in 1949, the ABAA is the benchmark for professionalism and ethics in the rare book trade in the US. [1] The founding of the ABAA was the direct result of the founding of the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB) a year earlier: "It was quickly recognized in the United States that national and international cooperation among booksellers was an idea whose time had come ...