Addison Wesley Longman

At Colburn 's death in 1856 the copyright of the illustrated edition (for which the authors had received two thousand pounds) was sold at auction to Longman, Hurst and Blackett for £6,900.

On first publication the book did very badly in the USA: during May and June 1931 only seventeen copies sold there, although reviews and a broadcast by Bernard Shaw had reached many thousands of people...

Again the full title was elaborate: Hints Addressed to the Patrons and Directors of Schools; Principally Intended to Shew, that the Benefits Derived from the New Modes of Teaching May Be Increased by a Partial...

In March 1864 ER published The History of Our Lord as Exemplified in Works of Art, by herself and Anna Brownell Jameson , in two volumes. Most of the actual writing in the book...

The publisher Robinson initially encouraged EI to write her memoirs. She worked at them for years in old age, sending them to friends and publishers for comment. Publishers proved difficult: they feared scandal, yet were...

MRM was working on this poem by July 1810. She submitted it in manuscript to Samuel Taylor Coleridge for criticism and suggestions. He suggested some cuts, most of which she happily agreed to...

This was the first book they published with Longmans , in an edition of 3,000. Longman remained Somerville and Ross's, then...

This periodical's fuller title was The Literary Gazette; and Journal of Belles Lettres; the book form of The Magic Lantern followed the same year (before the end of June), together with Blessington's Sketches and...

FT published her novel The Laurringtons; or, Superior People (in three volumes, without illustrations, and now very rare) not with Colburn but with Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans . The verso of the first half-title...

After receiving an invitation from the publisher Longman in early 1932 to do this life, she wrote to the Webbs and was invited to discuss the project. They said they would not attempt to control...

AMP signed an agreement with Longman that within a year she and her sister would each deliver a new novel of the same length as The Hungarian Brothers.

She worked on the novel in Rome, where it is set, and had permission to research and write in the Vatican Library . A Boston edition appeared the same year and a Tauchnitz edition...

Although she wrote the book two years before this, PB did not have it published at that time because she had to nurse her sister Wilmett , who was ill with tuberculosis.

Its title-page mentioned its dedication (with permission) to the Duchess of York . This dedication voices IK 's hopes of extricating her husband from distress as well as supporting her children. Its subscription list was...

The Critical thought this probably inspired by recent books of travels to Greece. In fact the archaeologist William Gell had suggested that Owenson should write about the Greek quest for...