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BOOKSELLER OF THE LAST CENTURY
BEING SOME ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE OF JOHN NEWBERY, AND OF THE BOOKS HE PUBLISHED, WITH A NOTICE OF THE LATER NEWBERYS |
| By: |
Charles Welsh |
| Format: |
Electronic book text |
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£50.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0511708378 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780511708374 |
| Publisher: |
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
5 October, 2010 |
| Series: |
Cambridge Library Collection - History of Printing, Publishing and Libraries |
| Description: |
Charles Welsh's 1885 account of John Newbery, the pioneering publisher of children's books and the founder of various newspapers. |
| Synopsis: |
Charles Welsh's account of the achievements of John Newbery was first published in 1885. Newbery is best known as the pioneering publisher of good-quality children's books such as A Little Pretty Pocket-Book and Little Goody Two-Shoes. In many ways he can be regarded as the first publisher who created and marketed books specifically for children. He was an associate of Samuel Johnson and Oliver Goldsmith, and founded a number of newspapers that published some of their works. Welsh also draws attention to a less well known aspect of Newbery's diverse business ventures: his involvement in the selling of patent medicines. The author chronicles the immediate successors to the Newbery business and includes a lengthy summary of the son Francis Newbery's autobiography. The illustrated book contains a number of appendices including John Newbery's will, lists of his publications and some of the newspapers with which he was associated. |
| Illustrations: |
9 b/w illus. |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Cambridge University Press (Virtual Publishing) |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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