Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
William Pickering
Standard Name: Pickering, William
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1810-1811: The Chiswick Press was established by Charles...
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1810-1811
The Chiswick Press
was established by Charles Wittingham the Elder
, when he moved his printing works to Chiswick; the name stayed when the press moved back into central London.
Clair, Colin. A Chronology of Printing. Cassell, 1969.
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June 1820: William Pickering established his own bookshop...
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June 1820
William Pickering
established his own bookshop and publishing firm at 31 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London; he specialized in the antiquarian book trade.
Rose, Jonathan, and Patricia J. Anderson, editors. Dictionary of Literary Biography 106. Gale Research, 1991.
