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bookselling, vbl. n.|ˈbʊkˌsɛlɪŋ|
The trade of a bookseller.
1530Royal Priv. in Palsgr. p. xi, Medlyng with the faite of printyng or bokesellyng. 1788Walpoliana xxxiii. 17 The manœuvres of bookselling are now equal in number to the stratagems of war. 1839Hallam Hist. Lit. i. ciii. §145 The trade of bookselling seems to have been established at Paris and at Bologna in the twelfth century.
2. attrib. or adj. That sells books; pertaining to the selling of books.
1824Dibdin Libr. Comp. Introd. 17 The several great bookselling houses. 1839Lockhart Ballantyne-humbug 6 Scott lost a fortune by the bookselling speculation. Ibid. 25 The early period prior to the bookselling adventure. 1884Athenæum 12 Jan. 54/1 The bookselling fraternity. |