This is a repository copy of Steal not this book my honest friend : threats, warnings and curses in the Edwardian book. White Rose Research Online URL for this paper: http://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/169711/ Version: Published Version Article: O'Hagan, L.A. orcid.org/0000-0001-5554-4492 (2020) Steal not this book my honest friend : threats, warnings and curses in the Edwardian book. Textual Cultures, 13 (2). pp. 244- 274. ISSN 1933-7418 10.14434/textual.v13i2.31604 © 2020 The Author(s). This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Reuse This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) licence. This licence allows you to distribute, remix, tweak, and build upon the work, even commercially, as long as you credit the authors for the original work. More information and the full terms of the licence here: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/ Takedown If you consider content in White Rose Research Online to be in breach of UK law, please notify us by emailing
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[email protected] https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/ Steal not this book my honest friend1 Threats, Warnings, and Curses in the Edwardian Book Lauren Alex O’Hagan Abstract This article explores the role of the book inscription as an important rite of property in Edwardian Britain (1901–1914).