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 Paperback / softback
by Charles Welsh
Part of the Cambridge Library Collection - History of Printing, Publishing and Libraries series
Paperback / softback
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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.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:404 pages, 9 Line drawings, black and white
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:10/06/2010
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- ISBN:9781108012799
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:404 pages, 9 Line drawings, black and white
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:10/06/2010
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- ISBN:9781108012799