{"product_id":"a-publisher-and-his-friends-memoir-and-correspondence-of-the-late-john-murray-with-an-account-of-the-origin-and-progress-of-the-house-1768-1843-paperback-9781108073929","title":"A Publisher and his Friends; Memoir and Correspondence of the Late John Murray, with an Account of the Origin and Progress of the House, 1768–1843 (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108073929","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eA Publisher and his Friends\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eMemoir and Correspondence of the Late John Murray, with an Account of the Origin and Progress of the House, 1768–1843\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn 1891 two-volume account of the life of the publisher John Murray (1778–1843), told largely through his correspondence.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eSamuel Smiles (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108073929, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 17 April 2014\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e570 pages, 1 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 3.2 cm, 0.72 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis two-volume account of the life and friendships of the publisher John Murray (1778–1843), told largely through his voluminous correspondence, was published in 1891 by Samuel Smiles (1812–1904), whose Lives of the Engineers, Self-Help, and other works are also reissued in the Cambridge Library Collection. Murray was only fifteen when his father, the founder of the famous firm, died, but after a period of apprenticeship he took sole control of the business, becoming the friend as well as the publisher of a range of the most important writers of the first half of the nineteenth century, in both literature and science. Perhaps his most famous author was Lord Byron, whose memoir of his own life, considered unpublishable, was burned in the fireplace at Murray's office in Albemarle Street, London. Volume 2 describes innovations including the famous travel guides, and ends with an assessment of Murray's publishing career.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e20. Works published in 1817–18\u003cbr\u003e 21. Mr Southey and the Quarterly\u003cbr\u003e 22. Hallam, Basil Hall, Crabbe, etc.\u003cbr\u003e 23. Memoirs of Lady Hervey, Horace Walpole, Belzoni, etc.\u003cbr\u003e 24. Washington Irving, Ugo Foscolo, Lady Caroline Lamb, etc.\u003cbr\u003e 25. Gifford's retirement and death\u003cbr\u003e 26. The Representative\u003cbr\u003e 27. Mr Lockhart as editor of the Quarterly, etc.\u003cbr\u003e 28. Head, Disraeli, Lockhart, etc.\u003cbr\u003e 29. Napier's Peninsular War, etc.\u003cbr\u003e 30. Moore's Life of Byron\u003cbr\u003e 31. Benjamin Disraeli, Thomas Carlyle, Sir Francis Head\u003cbr\u003e 32. Various authors' correspondence\u003cbr\u003e 33. Literary ladies\u003cbr\u003e 34. Scrope, Hallam, Gladstone, etc.\u003cbr\u003e 35. Murray's 'Handbooks'\u003cbr\u003e 36. George Borrow, Richard Ford, etc.\u003cbr\u003e 37. John Murray as a publisher\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary studies: general [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: general\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20general%20%5BDSB%5D%22\"\u003eDSB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46266185351448,"sku":"9781108073929","price":38.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108073929i_49160c64-0f39-402b-9dbb-413b0223c916.jpg?v=1696751481","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/a-publisher-and-his-friends-memoir-and-correspondence-of-the-late-john-murray-with-an-account-of-the-origin-and-progress-of-the-house-1768-1843-paperback-9781108073929","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}