Bookseller of the Last Century
Being Some Account of the Life of John Newbery, and of the Books He Published, with a Notice of the Later Newberys

Charles Welsh's account of the achievements of John Newbery was first published in 1885. Newbery is best known as the pioneering publisher of good-quality children's books such as A Little Pretty Pocket-Book and Little Goody Two-Shoes. In many ways he can be regarded as the first publisher who created and marketed books specifically for children. He was an associate of Samuel Johnson and Oliver Goldsmith, and founded a number of newspapers that published some of their works. Welsh also draws attention to a less well known aspect of Newbery's diverse business ventures: his involvement in the selling of patent medicines. The author chronicles the immediate successors to the Newbery business and includes a lengthy summary of the son Francis Newbery's autobiography. The illustrated book contains a number of appendices including John Newbery's will, lists of his publications and some of the newspapers with which he was associated.

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• Date Published: June 2010
• format: Paperback
• isbn: 9781108012799
• length: 404 pages

• dimensions: 216 x 140 x 23 mm
• weight: 0.46kg
• contains: 9 b/w illus.
• availability: Available