Addison Wesley Longman

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Wealth and Poverty Edith Somerville
The death of Edith's brother Cameron (who had a pension) in 1942 had produced a crisis of indecision over the future of the house. Edith's income was reduced when Longman 's lost a great deal...
Wealth and Poverty Thomas Moore
TM was well paid for his literary efforts. He gained £500 a year for Irish Melodies and £3,000 from Longmans for Lalla Rookh. Despite healthy payments from publishers, his fashionable life ensured that he...
Wealth and Poverty Jane Loudon
In a painful interview with William Longman , head of the publishing firm , JL learned that sales of her husband 's books had plummeted in the six years or so since his death, and...
Textual Production Caroline Frances Cornwallis
It was published by Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans for eighteen shillings a copy.
“Multiple Advertisements and Notices”. The Standard, No. 6776.
6776 (29 April 1846)
CFC never wrote the sequel which she said she might perhaps undertake.
Cornwallis, Caroline Frances. Pericles. Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans.
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Textual Production Sarah Trimmer
ST published with Longman , Robinson , and JohnsonThe Sunday-School Catechist, Consisting of Familiar Lectures, with Questions, for the use of visiters [sic] and teachers.
Critical Review. W. Simpkin and R. Marshall.
66 (1788): 248
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Textual Production Anne Grant
Textual Production Barbara Hofland
BH published with LongmanTales of the Manor, with a quotation from Cervantes on the title-page.
Garside, Peter et al., editors. The English Novel 1770-1829. Oxford University Press.
2: 536
Butts, Dennis. Mistress of our Tears, A Literary and Bibliographical Study of Barbara Hofland. Scolar Press.
72
Textual Production Catherine Sinclair
CS published (in London through Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans ) The Journey of Life, a book of essays or rambling dialogues designed to offer life-advice and guidance.
OCLC WorldCat. http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.
Textual Production Jessie White Mario
An English biography had been published in October 1881 by James Theodore Bent for Longman 's. JWM successfully petitioned Longman and succeeded in having Bent's book removed from circulation because of content that, she argued...
Textual Production Sarah Trimmer
It was issued by a group of publishers: Longman , the Robinsons , and Joseph Johnson .
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The whole title was a long one: The Œconomy of Charity; or, an Address to Ladies concerning Sunday-Schools...
Textual Production Sylvia Pankhurst
Her chief motive for writing it was financial: as a new mother and family breadwinner she needed such a project. Longman had approached her in 1928 about writing a history of the suffrage movement; they...
Textual Production Barbara Hofland
BH published with LongmanIntegrity. A Tale, in an edition of a thousand copies, one of a series of novels titled from virtues.
Butts, Dennis. Mistress of our Tears, A Literary and Bibliographical Study of Barbara Hofland. Scolar Press.
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Textual Production Catherine Hutton
CH wrote the preface to Oakwood Hall. A Novel, finally revised, expanded, and published that year in three volumes by Longman .
Yet it was reviewed in the Quarterly Review for January 1819.
Quarterly Review. J. Murray.
21 (1819): 268
Hutton, Catherine. Oakwood Hall. Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown.
prelims
Textual Production Catherine Sinclair
CS 's Popish Legends, or, Bible Truths, a religious, didactic publication with a strong anti-Catholic bias, was published by Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans .
OCLC WorldCat. http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.
Textual Production Anne Marsh
Chronicles of Dartmoor, 1866, and Maidenhood, 1867 (both three-volume novels published by Hurst and Blackett ), are sometimes attributed to AM even by reputable library catalogues, but the title-page of the latter reads...

Timeline

4 August 1724: The first Thomas Longman bought for £2,282.9s.6d...

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4 August 1724

The first Thomas Longman bought for £2,282.9s.6d a house in Paternoster Row (later numbered 39, already identified by the Sign of the Ship) and the bookselling and publishing business based there, whose owner, William Taylor

1752: Thomas Longman (1730-97) completed his apprenticeship...

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1752

Thomas Longman (1730-97) completed his apprenticeship and became a partner in the London publishing firm of his uncle Thomas Longman the elder (1699-1755).

1856: Margaret Agnes Colvile, future wife of publisher...

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1856

Margaret Agnes Colvile , future wife of publisher Charles Kegan Paul , published her first two novels: Dorothy: A Tale and DeCressy.

1870: Browne and Nolan publishing firm was founded...

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1870

Browne and Nolan publishing firm was founded in Dublin by John Browne and William Nolan .

29 December 1940: St Paul's Cathedral in London survived an...

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29 December 1940

St Paul's Cathedral in London survived an air raid that destroyed almost all the buildings around it; a photograph of the dome standing amidst flames and billowing smoke became an emblem of the courage of...

1994 : Longman the publisher, which since 1968 had...

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1994

Longman the publisher, which since 1968 had been part of the multi-product Pearson conglomerate, ceased to exist as an independent business.
Briggs, Asa. A History of Longmans and Their Books 1724 - 1990. Longevity in Publishing. British Library and Oak Knoll Press.
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