PREFACE.
CONTENTS.
THE BOOKSELLERS OF OLDEN TIMES.
THE LONGMAN FAMILY. CLASSICAL AND EDUCATIONAL LITERATURE.
CONSTABLE, CADELL, AND BLACK. THE "EDINBURGH REVIEW," "WAVERLEY NOVELS," AND "ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA."
JOHN MURRAY : BELLES-LETTRES AND TRAVELS.
WILLIAM BLACKWOOD : "BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE."
CHAMBERS, KNIGHT, AND CASSELL : "LITERATURE FOR THE PEOPLE."
HENRY COLBURN : THREE VOLUME NOVELS AND LIGHT LITERATURE.
THE RIVINGTONS, THE PARKERS, AND JAMES NISBET : RELIGIOUS LITERATURE.
BUTTERWORTH AND CHURCHILL : TECHNICAL LITERATURE.
EDWARD MOXON : POETICAL LITERATURE.
KELLY AND VIRTUE : THE "NUMBER" TRADE.
THOMAS TEGG : BOOK-AUCTIONEERING AND THE "REMAINDER TRADE."
THOMAS NELSON : CHILDREN'S LITERATURE AND "BOOK-MANUFACTURING."
SIMPKIN, MARSHALL, AND CO. : COLLECTING FOR THE COUNTRY TRADE.
CHARLES EDWARD MUDIE : THE LENDING LIBRARY.
W. H. SMITH AND SON : RAILWAY LITERATURE.
PROVINCIAL BOOKSELLERS.
FOOTNOTES
Transcriber's Notes
Transcriber’s Note
Text on cover added by Transcriber and placed in the Public Domain.
A
HISTORY OF BOOKSELLERS,
THE OLD AND THE NEW.
By HENRY CURWEN.
“In these days, ten ordinary histories of kings and courtiers were well exchanged
against the tenth part of one good History of Booksellers.”—Thomas Carlyle.
WITH PORTRAITS AND ILLUSTRATIONS.
London:
CHATTO AND WINDUS, PICCADILLY.
