Constable and Ballantyne

Connections

Connections Author name Excerpt
Wealth and Poverty Sir Walter Scott
SWS was bankrupted when the collapse of the publishing house Hurst, Robinson, and Co. in turn brought down Constable and Ballantyne , in which he was a partner.
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder.

Timeline

Mid 1820s: Harsh economic conditions caused two-thirds...

Writing climate item

Mid 1820s

Harsh economic conditions caused two-thirds of established British publishing firms to crash: authors were ruined, like Sir Walter Scott , by the bankruptcy of Constable and Ballantyne in Edinburgh.

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