id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt crl-15757 Jones, Plummer Alston Against the Law: Crime, Sharp Practice and the Control of Print. Ed. Robin Myers, Michael Harris, and Giles Mandelbrote. New Castle, Del.: Oak Knoll; London: British Library (Publishing Pathways), 2004. 184p. $45 (ISBN: 158456153X, Oak Knoll); (0712348964, British Library). LC: 2005-544193 2005-09-01 3 .pdf application/pdf 1532 65 56 Christopher de Hamel’s “Book Thefts in the Middle Ages” cites examples of me- dieval book thefts and the measures taken by book owners and monastic librarians to protect their literary property, includ- ing curses or anathemas on the person or persons who would steal their books. Binders regularly followed the fashion of sewing on false raised bands, a less time-consuming, more profitable practice that gave book owners what they wanted esthetically and binders more profit. cache/crl-15757.pdf txt/crl-15757.txt