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. [elektronicky zdroj]
| Autor: | Welsh, Charles, author |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Informace o vydání: | Place of publication not identified : publisher not identified, 1885. |
| Druh dokumentu: | Online; Non-fiction; Electronic document |
| Abstrakt: | Summary: 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. |
| Databáze: | Vybrané kolekce e-knih |
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