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Primary Book Trade No of Records
Bookseller 26301
Printer 26148
Member/Apprentice of Stationers' Co 22846
Stationer 19513
Bookbinder 12968
Papermaker 7824
Leather-dresser/currier 7272
Publisher 6921
Engraver/etcher 6616
Librarian/owner of circulating library 4536
Auctioneer 3583
Tanner/whittawer 3426
Fellmonger 2640
Newsagent/vendor/man/news agent 2461
Leather seller 2131
Newspaper proprietor 1997
Music seller 1905
Print seller 1551
Compositor/typesetter 1372
Chapman 1174
Scrivener 1139
Paper merchant 923
Rag-merchant 905
Paper-stainer 629
Playing-card maker 611
Paper-hanger 560
Writer 518
Pocket-book maker 439
Newsroom/readingroom 409
Lithographer 397
Parchment/vellum maker 391
Map/chart seller 390
Typefounder 316
Author 277
Paper-hanging maker/dealer 256
Ink maker 254
Account-book manufacturer/maker 246
Pasteboard maker/dealer 242
Press maker 225
Pen/quill maker 216
Cardmaker 161
Machine-ruler 146
Editor/Compiler 134
Pencil maker 132
Blockmaker 128
Typographer/Letter-cutter 126
Bookbinder's supplier 118
Lymner 116
Map/chart maker 115
Print-cutter 94
Printers' joiner 94
Book club 88
Pen dealer 80
Draughtsman 75
Stereotyper/stereotype founder 73
Woodcutter 68
Hot-presser 67
Paper-ruler 67
Reading society/institute 67
Printers' supplier 64
Bookbinder's toolcutter/toolmaker 59
Cartographer 56
Pressman 51
Goldbeater 49
Newspaper reporter 41
Pamphlet seller 40
Translator 37
Copperplate maker 36
Printers' smith 36
Papier-mache maker 31
Paper marbler 23
Print finisher 21
Parchment/vellum dealer 20
Wood-letter maker 14
Quill dealer 13
Rule-cutter 10
Corrector 2

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Book Trade Descriptor (Secondary) No of Records
apprentice 6573
copperplate 2158
law 992
newspaper 971
wholesale 924
music 908
lithographic 752
circulating 416
journeyman 402
manufacturing 378
hawker 348
maps 316
periodical 269
letter 264
subscription 215
antiquarian 190
prints 189
fancy 185
vellum 169
assistant 134
wood 125
secondhand 121
magazine 109
calenderer 108
ballad 107
dramatic/theatrical 95
travelling 84
retail 72
steel 68
juvenile 60
pamphlet 54
chapbook 47
writing 46
quill 46
coloured 39
marbled 34
proprietor 31
portrait 31
historical 30
pedlar 23
ornamental 20
medical 18
flying 16
nautical 15
architectural 14
stereotype 14
bible 12
rolling press 9
labourer 8
heraldic 7
steam 7
mezzotint 6
landscape 6
aquatint 3
mathematical 3
news 1

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