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• Shadows of the Old Booksellers (London: Bell and Daldy, 1865), by Charles Knight (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Notes on printers and booksellers, with a chapter on chap books. (London, Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & co., ltd.; [etc., etc.], 1900), by Charles Gerring (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Latter struggles in the journey of life; or, The afternoon of my days ... the real life of a country bookseller ... (Edinburgh, Printed by James Colston, 1833), by George Miller (page images at HathiTrust)
• Earlier history of English bookselling. (London : Sampson, Low, Marston, 1892), by William Roberts (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Sketches of booksellers of other days, by E. Marston. (New York : Scribner, 1901), by E. Marston (page images at HathiTrust)
• Random recollections of an old publisher. (London, Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & co.; Bournemouth [printed] Bright's ltd., 1900), by William Tinsley (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The Millers of Haddington, Dunbar and Dunfermline : a record of Scottish bookselling / by W.J. Couper. (London : T.F. Unwin, 1914), by William James Couper (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The fascination of books, with other papers on books & bookselling, by Joseph Shaylor. (London, Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent and co., ltd., 1912), by Joseph Shaylor (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Three centuries of English booktrade bibliography : an essay on the beginnings of booktrade bibliography since the introduction of printing and in England since 1595 / by A. Growoll ; also a list of the catalogues, &c., published for the English booktrade from 1595-1902 / by Wilberforce Eames. (New York : Published for the Dibdin Club by M.L. Greenhalgh, 1903), by Adolf Growoll (page images at HathiTrust)
• The fascination of books, with other papers on books & bookselling, by Joseph Shaylor. (New York, G.P. Putnam's sons, 1912), by Joseph Shaylor (page images at HathiTrust)
• A history of booksellers, the old and the new. (London, Chatto and Windus, [1873]), by Henry Curwen (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• A history of booksellers, the old and the new. (London, Chatto and Windus, [1873]), by Henry Curwen (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Fifty years' recollections of an old bookseller; consisting of anecdotes, characteristic sketches, and original traits and eccentricities, of authors, artists, actors, books, booksellers, and of the periodical press for the last half century, with appropriate selections; and an unlimited retrospect, including some extraordinary circumstances relative to the Letters of Junius, and a chain of corroborative evidence respecting their author ... (London, The author, 1837), by William West (page images at HathiTrust)
• Abstracts from the wills of English printers and stationers from 1492 to 1630 / by Henry R. Plomer. (London : Printed for the Bibliographical Society by Blades, East & Blades, 1903), by Henry R. Plomer (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• A dictionary of the printers and booksellers who were at work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1668 to 1725, ([Oxford] Printed at the Oxford university press, 1922), by Henry R. Plomer (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Catalogue of an exhibition of books, broadsides, proclamations, portraits, autographs, etc. : illustrative of the history and progress of printing and bookselling in England, 1477-1800, held at Stationers' hall 25-29 June, 1912 / by the International association of antiquarian booksellers. ([London : Printed by W. Clowes & sons, ltd.], 1912), by International Association of Antiquarian Booksellers (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Sketches of some of the booksellers of the time of Dr. Samuel Johnson, by E. Marston. (London, S. Low, Marston & Co., ltd., 1902), by E. Marston (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• A transcript of the registers of the worshipful Company of stationers : from 1640-1708 A. D. ... (London : Priv. print, 1913-14), by England) Stationers' Company (London (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The life and errors of John Dunton, citizen of London : with the ives and characters of more than a thousand contemporary divines, and other persons of literary eminence. To which are added, Dunton's Conversation in Ireland, selections from his other genuite works ; and a faithful portrait of the author. (London : J. Nichols, son, and Bentley, 1818), by John Dunton (page images at HathiTrust)
• Shadows of the old booksellers. (London, Bell and Daldy, 1865), by Charles Knight (page images at HathiTrust)
• A handy-book about books, for book-lovers, book-buyers, and book sellers. (London : J. Wilson, 1870), by John Power (page images at HathiTrust)
• Sketches of booksellers of other days / E. Marston. (London : S. Low, Marston, 1901), by E. Marston (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• A transcript of the registers of the Company of Stationers of London, 1554-1640, A.D. Edited by Edward Arber. (New York : P. Smith, 1950), by England) Stationers' Company (London (page images at HathiTrust)
• Forty years in my bookshop / by Walter T. Spencer, edited with an introduction by Thomas Moult. (Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1923), by Walter T. Spencer (page images at HathiTrust)
• The life and errors of John Dunton, citizen of London; with the lives and characters of more than a thousand contemporary divines, and other persons of literary eminence. To which are added, Dunton's Conversation in Ireland; selections from his other genuine works; and a faithful portrait of the author ... (London, J. Nichols, son, and Bentley, 1818), by John Dunton (page images at HathiTrust)
• The earlier history of English bookselling, by William Roberts ... (London, S. Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, limited, 1889), by W. Roberts (page images at HathiTrust)
• List of catalogues of English book sales, 1676-1900, now in the British museum. Printed by order of the Trustees. (London, British museum [etc.], 1915), by British Museum. Department of Printed Books (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Catalogue of books in the library of the British Museum, printed in England, Scotland, and Ireland and of books in English printed abroad to the year 1640. (London : Printed by order of the Trustees, 1884), by British Museum. Department of Printed Books (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• A transcript of the registers of the company of stationers of London; 1554-1640 A. D. / Edited by Edward Arber. (London : Priv. print, Birmingham, 1875-77;), by England) Stationers' Company (London (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Memoirs of the First Forty-Five Years of the Life of James Lackington (new edition; London: Printed for the author, 1792), by James Lackington (multiple formats at archive.org)

• A Dictionary of Printers and Booksellers in England, Scotland and Ireland, and of Foreign Printers of English Books, 1557-1640 (London: Printed for the Bibliographical Society, 1910), by R. B. McKerrow, Harry Gidney Aldis, Robert Bowes, E. R. McC. Dix, E. Gordon Duff, Strickland Gibson, G. J. Gray, Falconer Madan, and Henry R. Plomer (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• A History of Booksellers, the Old and the New (London: Chatto and Windus, ca. 1873), by Henry Curwen
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• Catalogue of the first portion of the famous stock of the late Mr. W.J. Leighton ... . ([London] : Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, [1918]), by Wilkinson & Hodge Sotheby (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• A catalogue of the library of George Hibbert, esq., of Portland Place : which will be sold by auction ... March 16, and seventeen following days ... May 4, and eleven following days; and ... May 25, and eleven following days, (Sundays excepted,) by Mr. Evans ... (London : Printed by W. Nicol, 1829), by George Hibbert (page images at HathiTrust)

• The learned societies and printing clubs of the United Kingdom : being an account of their respective origin, history, objects, and constitution : with full details respecting membership, fees, their published works and transactions, notices of their periods and places of meeting, &c., and a general introduction and a classified index / compiled from official documents, by A. Hume ; with a supplement containing all the recently-established societies and printing clubs, and their publications to the present time, by A.I. Evans. (Detroit : Gale Research Co., 1966), by A. Hume (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The learned societies and printing clubs of the United Kingdom: being an account of their respective origin, history, objects, and constitution: with full details respecting membership, fees, their published works and transactions, notices of their periods and places of meeting, &c. and a general introduction and a classified index. (London : G. Willis, 1853), by A. Hume (page images at HathiTrust)

• Bits from an old book shop, by R. M. Williamson. (London : Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & co., ltd.; Edinburgh, and Glasgow, J. Menzies & co., 1904 [1903]), by Robert Milne Williamson (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• A new catalogue of Bell's Circulating Library : consisting of above fifty thousand volumes (English, Italian, and French) ... including all the books that have been lately published : which are lent to read, at twelve shillings per year, or, four shillings per quarter / by John Bell, bookseller ([London : J. Bell, 1777?]), by Bell's Circulating Library (page images at HathiTrust)

• The book makers of old Birmingham : authors, printers and book sellers / by Joseph Hill. (Birmingham : Printed at the Shakespeare Press for Cornish Brothers Limited, 1907), by Joseph Hill (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Cambridge stationers, printers, bookbinders, &c. / by the Rev. H.P. Stokes. (Cambridge (England) : Bowes & Bowes, 1919), by H. P. Stokes (page images at HathiTrust)
• Abstracts from the wills and testamentary documents of printers, binders, and stationers of Cambridge, from 1504 to 1699 / by George J. Gray and William Mortlock Palmer. (London : Printed for the Bibliographical Society by Blades, East & Blades, 1915), by G. J. Gray (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The earlier Cambridge stationers & bookbinders : and the first Cambridge printer / by George J. Gray. (Oxford : Printed for the Bibliographical Society at Oxford University Press, 1904), by G. J. Gray (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Devon booksellers & printers in the 17th & 18th centuries. By John Ingle Dredge ... (Plymouth, W. H. Luke, printer, 1885), by John Ingle Dredge (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• In Luck at Last, by Walter Besant (Gutenberg ebook)

• The romance of book-collecting / by J. H. Slater ... (London : Elliot Stock, 1898), by J. Herbert Slater (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The confessions of J. Lackington, late bookseller, at the Temple of the Muses, in a series of letters to a friend ... (New-York, J. Wilson and D. Hitt, 1808), by James Lackington (page images at HathiTrust)
• Memoirs of the first forty-five years of the life of James Lackington, the present bookseller... written by himself, in a series of letters to a friend... (London, Printed for and sold by the author, [1791]), by James Lackington (page images at HathiTrust)
• Memoirs of the forty-five first years of the life of James Lackington ... / Written by himself, in forty-seven letters to a friend. With a triple dedication. 1. To the public. 2. To respectable. 3. To sordid booksellers. (London : Printed for the Author ... , 1794), by James Lackington (page images at HathiTrust)
• Memoirs of the forty-five first years of the life of James Lackington, the present bookseller in Chiswell-Street, Moorfields, London. In forty-seven letters to a friend ... (London, Printed for the author, 1795), by James Lackington (page images at HathiTrust)
• Memoirs of the forty-five first years of the life of James Lackington, bookseller : in forty-seven letters to a friend / written by himself. (London : Whittaker, Treacher, and Arnot, 1830), by James Lackington (page images at HathiTrust)
• The book-hunter in London : historical and other studies of collectors and collecting / by W. Roberts. (Chicago : A.C. McClurg, 1895), by W. Roberts (page images at HathiTrust)
• The romance of book-collecting. By J. H. Slater ... (New York, F. P. Harper, 1898), by J. Herbert Slater (page images at HathiTrust)
• Sketches of some booksellers of the time of Dr. Samuel Johnson / by E. Marston. (London : S. Low, Marston & Co., 1902), by E. Marston (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Memoirs of the first forty-five years of James Lackington, the present bookseller in Chiswell-street, Moorfields, London. Written by himself. In forty-six letters to a friend ... (London, Printed for the author, 1792), by James Lackington (page images at HathiTrust)
• Memoirs of the first forty-five years of the life of James Lackington, ... written by himself. In forty-six letters to a friend. (London : Printed for the author, 1792), by James Lackington (page images at HathiTrust)
• Memoirs of the forty-five first years of the life of James Lackington, the present bookseller in Chiswell-street, Moorfields, London. (London, 1830), by James Lackington (page images at HathiTrust)
• The book-hunter in London: historical and other studies of collectors and collecting. (London, E. Stock, 1895), by W. Roberts (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The Book-Hunter in London: Historical and Other Studies of Collectors and Collecting, by W. Roberts (Gutenberg ebook)

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