ABSTRACT
In this chapter, I shine a spotlight on the individuals involved in the process of inscription. When inscribing, book owners situated themselves according to several layers of identity based on geographical location, gender, age, class, and occupation. Consequently, I outline and interpret patterns of book ownership in Edwardian Britain according to these factors. Throughout, I draw attention to some of the “hidden histories” of Edwardian book owners, thereby indicating how an ethnohistorical approach to book inscriptions can offer a new way to keep individual stories alive now that the era only exists outside of human memory.
