The First John Murray and the Late Eighteenth-Century London Book Trade

by William Zachs

A remarkably complete record of both John Murray's business career (1768-1793) and his private life is preserved in the archive of the London publishing house that still bears his name. In this book, Zachs exploits that material to fully trace Murray's success in the competitive book trade, success which he achieved by imaginatively using many of the new practices that were revolutionizing the industry. The accounts of Murray's negotiations with authors...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0197261914
• ISBN13: 9780197261910
• Release Date: February 1999
• Publisher: British Academy
• Length: 434 Pages