The British Publishing Industry, 1815-1914Volume 1: The Structure of the IndustryGeneral IntroductionVolume 1 IntroductionBibliographyPart 1 - THE OPERATION OF THE TRADE IN EARLY AND MID CENTURY Regulations Governing the Issue of Trade Books (1828), in Joseph Shaylor, The Fascination of Books (London: Simpkin Marshall Hamilton Kent & Co., 1912), pp. 165-8. Samuel Smiles, A Publisher and His Friends: Memoir and Correspondence of the late John Murray (London: John Murray, 1891), Vol. 1, pp. 170-5, 185-8, 195-8. On the Crisis of 1825-6 , Morning Chronicle, 30 Nov 1825, in Archibald Constable and his Literary Correspondence (London: Edmonston and Douglas, 1873), vol. III, pp. 477-8. [Francis Barry Boyle St Leger], The Book-Trade , Monthly Magazine (July 1826), pp. 17-24. Booksellers and Authors , Literary Magnet (July 1826), pp. 65-74. Charles Babbage, On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures (1832; 4th edn, London: Charles Knight, 1835), pp. 205-10, 315-33. G.P.R. James, Some Observations on The Book Trade, as Connected with Literature, in England , Journal of the Statistical Society of London, 6: 1 (1843), 50-60 William Chambers, 'The Book Trade', Chambers' Cyclopaedia (1859), pp. 228-38 Part 2. LEGAL CONTROLS Report from the Committee on Booksellers and Printers Petition (1802), pp. 3-15 John Crawfurd, Taxes on Knowledge: A Financial and Historical View of the Taxes (London: Charles Ely, 1836), pp. 14-23. Charles Knight, The Struggles of a Book against Excessive Taxation (London, 1850). Thomas Norton Longman s Evidence to the Select Committee on Acts for the Encouragement of Learning , from Minutes of Evidence Taken Before the Committee on Acts of 8 Anne, and 15 & 41 Geo. III For the Encouragement of Learning, By vesting the Copies of Printed Books, in the Authors or Purchasers of such copies (1813), pp. 3-15. [John George] Cochrane, The Case Stated Between the Public Libraries and the Booksellers (London: J. Moyes, 1813), pp. 3-32 Publishers and Museum Library , Critic (3 December 1859), pp. 17-18. Letters published in the Times, 8-16 February 1898 [Letters from Edward Marston (8 Feb); Herbert Spencer (10 Feb); W.E.H. Lecky (11 Feb); Times report on the correspondence (12 Feb) letters from Spencer (16 Feb); Marston (16 Feb)]. Part 3. DISTRIBUTION Joseph Shaylor, Booksellers Trade Dinner Sales , Fortnightly Review (Dec 1907), pp. 1031-39. Mr Murray's Trade Sale', Critic (26 Nov 1859), pp. 11-12 Bentley s Trade Sale , Bookseller (7 November 1888), p. 1237. James Grant, Mr Thomas Tegg , in Portrait of Public Characters (London: Saunders & Otley, 1841), pp. 24-46. Abstract of Evidence by Charles Knight, G.B. Whitaker, and J.W. Parker to the Select Committee on Postage , from Third Report of the Select Committee on Postage, together with an abstract of the evidence (1838), pp. 30-37. Charles Knight s Evidence to the Select Committee on Conveyance of Mail by Railways , from Report from the Select Committee on Conveyance of Mails by Railways (1854), pp. 360-7. James Grant, Bookselling: Paternoster Row , in Travels in Town, 2 vols (London: Saunders & Otley, 1839), Vol. II: pp. 69-88. Joseph Shaylor, On the Selling of Books , Nineteenth Century (December 1896), pp. 937-43. Booksellers of To-day: Messrs Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. Ltd , Publishers Circular (11 May 1895), pp. 514-16. (images to be removed) Part 4. PUBLISHERS AND BOOKSELLERS: THE DISCOUNT QUESTION TO 1868 The Book-Trade , Morning Post (31 Dec 1829). William Pickerin
During the course of the nineteenth century, the British publishing industry was transformed as the related commercial, technological and legal structures changed rapidly. This four-volume collection brings together contemporary source material that charts these changes, and explores some of the key contexts and debates of the period
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