qtd. in
Fleeman, John David, and James McLaverty. A Bibliography of the Works of Samuel Johnson. Clarendon Press, 2000, 2 vols.
1: 409-10
John Newbery
Standard Name: Newbery, John
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Employer | Jean Marishall | Despite her own skimpy education, she ran a periodical in London (which did not pay), as well as working for children's publisher John Newbery
. She consulted about the periodical with the Duchess of Northumberland |
| Publishing | Mary Latter | The young ML
placed a ludicrous advertisement, in verse in the Reading Mercury (owned by the London publisher John Newbery
) to deny that she was the author of lampoons on the persons and characters... |
| Publishing | Mary Masters | This volume was printed for the Author. Its 833 subscribers (for 903 copies) |
| Publishing | Charlotte McCarthy | This too was printed for the Author. Copies cost six shillings. This appears to be the first edition, though the work had been advertised as Now ready for the Press, and will be Publish'd... |
| Textual Production | Sarah Scott | SS
used a different publisher, John Newbery
, for The History of Mecklenburgh. This time anonymous instead of pseudonymous, it was, like her previous historical work, thought to be written by a man. Rizzo, Betty, and Sarah Scott. “Introduction”. The History of Sir George Ellison, University Press of Kentucky, 1996, p. ix - xlv. xliv |
| Textual Production | Sarah Scott | SS
published through John Newbery
her most famous novel, A Description of Millenium Hall, or of a female utopia described by a male narrator. Rizzo, Betty, and Sarah Scott. “Introduction”. The History of Sir George Ellison, University Press of Kentucky, 1996, p. ix - xlv. xliv |
| Textual Production | Jane Johnson | The manuscript also contains fair copies of ten poems and a prayer. qtd. in C., M. “Notable Accessions. Western MSS”. Bodleian Library Record, Vol. 16 , No. 2, Oct. 1997, pp. 165-8. 166 |
| Wealth and Poverty | Charlotte Forman | Her release was helped by publishers like John Meres
(whose wife gave her a guinea) and John Newbery
(who gave two guineas and promised her work, but then died). She pawned her clothes, and the... |
Timeline
18 June 1744: John Newbery advertised his Little Pretty...
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18 June 1744
John Newbery
advertised his Little Pretty Pocket Book, one of the first books aimed at delighting children while instructing them.
Demers, Patricia, and Robert Gordon Moyles, editors. From Instruction to Delight: An Anthology of Children’s Literature to 1850. Oxford University Press, 1982.
104
O’Malley, Andrew. “The Coach and Six: Chapbook Residue in Late Eighteenth-Century Children’s Literature”. The Lion and The Unicorn, Vol.
24
, 2000, pp. 18-44. 22-3, 38n5
McCarthy, William. Anna Letitia Barbauld, Voice of the Enlightenment. The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008.
445
16 October 1750-April 1753: Christopher Smart and John Newbery, under...
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16 October 1750-April 1753
Christopher Smart
and John Newbery
, under the persona of Mary Midnight, issued a periodical entitled The Midwife; or, Old Woman's Magazine; they acknowledge the influence of Delarivier Manley
.
Prescott, Sarah, and Jane Spencer. “Prattling, tattling and knowing everything: public authority and the female editorial persona in the early essay-periodical”. Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, Vol.
23
, No. 1, 1 Mar.–31 May 2000, pp. 43-57. 43
McDowell, Paula. The Women of Grub Street: Press, Politics, and Gender in the London Literary Marketplace, 1678-1730. Clarendon, 1998.
249n56, 250
From about 1820: Various changes occurred in bookbinding practice,...
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From about 1820
Various changes occurred in bookbinding practice, taking a step in radically reducing prices: both mechanization and ready-made cloth-over-board bindings came in, and the uniform binding, before sale, of an entire edition became usual.
Suarez, Michael F. “The Business of Literature: The Book Trade in England from Milton to Blake”. A Companion to Literature from Milton to Blake, edited by David Womersley, Blackwell, 2000, pp. 131-47.
143
1922: The editor of Publisher's Weekly, Frederic...
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1922
The editor of Publisher's Weekly, Frederic G. Melcher
, established the Newbery Medal to commemorate John Newbery
, the Father of Children's Books.
Gentry, Helen, and David Greenhood. Chronology of Books and Printing. Rev. ed., Macmillan, 1936.
134
British Library Catalogue. http://explore.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?dscnt=0&tab=local_tab&dstmp=1489778087340&vid=BLVU1&mode=Basic&fromLo.
Myers, Robin. The British Book Trade, from Caxton to the Present Day. Andre Deutsch in association with the National Book League, 1973.
191
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