A history of booksellers : the old and the new. / With an introd. and bibliography by Leslie Shepard

Author:: Curwen, Henry, 1845-1892
Published:: Detroit : Gale Research Co., 1968.
Physical Description:: 483 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, portraits ; 22 cm

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Contents:

Booksellers of olden times.--The Longman's family.--Constable, Cadell, and Black.--John Murray.--William Blackwood.--Chambers, Knight, and Cassell.--Henry Colburn.--The Rivingtons, the Parkers, and James Nisbet.--Butterworth and Churchill.--Edward Moxon.--Kelly and Virtue.--Thomas Tegg.--Thomas Nelson.--Simpkin, Marshall, and Co.--Charles Edward Mudie.--W. H. Smith and Son. --Provincial booksellers.

Subject(s):

Booksellers and bookselling—Great Britain

Note:

Title page includes original imprint: London, Chatto and Windus, 1873.

Bibliography Note:

"Bibliography of works by Henry Curwen": page [5].

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