The John Crerar Library
A list of Books on the History of Industry and industrial Arts

BOOK TRADE 257 Marston, Edward, 1825- 655.092 M35 96253 Sketches of booksellers of other days, by E. Marston. London, 5. Low, Marston & Co., 1901. xii, 182 p. front., (port.), I pl., 6 port., I facsim. I7^cm. Originally printed in the Publishers’ circular, Jan.-May, 1901. Contents. — 1. Jacob Tonson, 1656-1736. — 2. Thomas Guy, 1644-1724.—3. John Dunton, 1659-1733. — 4. Samuel Richardson, 1689-1761. — 5. Thomas Gent, 1691- 1778.—6. Alice Guy (wife of Thomas Gent). — 7. William Hutton, 1723-1815. — 8. James Lackington, 1746-1815. Marston, Edward, 1825- 655.442 Q200 86254 Sketches of some booksellers of the time of Dr. Samuel Johnson, by E. Marston ... . London, S. Low, Marston & Co., 1902. xviii, 127 p. I pl., 7 port. (incl. front.), I facsim. I7.icm. A new series, supplementing the author’s Sketches of some booksellers of other days. Lpndon, 1901. Reprinted for the most part from the Publishers’ circular, 1901-1902. Contents.—Michael Johnson, 1656-1731.—Andrew Millar, 1707-1768. — Thomas Davies, 1712-1785.—Thomas Osborne, died 1767. — [Barnaby] Bernard Lintot, 1674- 1735. — Henry Lintot, 1709-1758.—Robert Dodsley, 1703-1764.—The friends of literature.—Booksellers’ literary club. — Thomas Evans, 1739-1803. — John Nichols, 1744-1826.—William Bowyer, printer, 1699-1777. — Edward Cave, 1691-1754. Mumby, Frank Arthur. 655.442 Rooi 90178 The romance of book selling: a history from the earliest times to the twentieth century. By Frank A. Mumby, .... With a bib- liography by W. H. Peet. London, Chapman & Hall, ltd., 1910. xviii, 490, [1] p. front., illus., 15 pl., 21 ports., 1 facsim. 22<Jscm. “Bibliography,” p. 431-470. Contents.—The beginnings of the book world. — Through the dark ages.—The dawn of printing. — The book trade under Queen Elizabeth. —Shakespeare’s publishers. — Through the reign of James I. —Charles 1. and the Commonwealth. —The Restoration and the revolution.—The early eighteenth century. — In Dr. Johnson’s day. — The end of the golden age of bookselling. —The last half-century. — Publishers of to-day. — Ap- pendix I. The original charter of the Stationers’ Company, granted by Philip and Mary, 1557"—Appendix 11. Bibliography of publishing and bookselling. By W. II. Peet (Reprinted (with additions) from Notes and queries). — Index. Oliphant, Mrs. FMargaret Oliphant 655.09210 O47 12186 (Wilson)], 1828-1897. Annals of a publishing house. William Blackwood and his sons, their magazine and friends. Third edition. Vol. 1 -third volume. .... Edinburgh and London, W. Blackwood and Sons, 1897- 1898. 3 vol. fronts, (ports.) 22icm. Vol. 3, is in first edition and subtitle reads: John Blackwood, by his daughter, Mrs. Gerald Porter. The third volume of William Blackwood and his sons, their magazine and friends. Roberts, William. 655.442 O900 15629 The earlier history of English bookselling, xii,341 p. D. Lon- don: Sampson Low, ... , & Rivington, 1889.