{"product_id":"a-publisher-and-his-friends-volume-1-memoir-and-correspondence-of-the-late-john-murray-with-an-account-of-the-origin-and-progress-of-the-house-1768-1843-paperback-9781108073912","title":"A Publisher and his Friends: Volume 1; Memoir and Correspondence of the Late John Murray, with an Account of the Origin and Progress of the House, 1768–1843 (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108073912","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eA Publisher and his Friends: Volume 1\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\"\u003e9781108073912, 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\"\u003e522 pages, 2 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 3 cm, 0.58 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 1 commences with the beginnings of the firm in Scotland, and takes the story up to 1818.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e 1. John MacMurray or Murray\u003cbr\u003e 2. John Murray (II)\u003cbr\u003e 3. Murray and Constable\u003cbr\u003e 4. Marmion, Domestic Cookery, the Edinburgh Review\u003cbr\u003e 5. Origin of the Quarterly Review\u003cbr\u003e 6. George Ellis and William Gifford\u003cbr\u003e 7. The Quarterly launched\u003cbr\u003e 8. Publishing business\u003cbr\u003e 9. Murray and Gifford\u003cbr\u003e 10. Lord Byron's works, 1812 to 1814\u003cbr\u003e 11. Mr Murray's removal to 50 Albemarle Street\u003cbr\u003e 12. Murray's drawing-room\u003cbr\u003e 13. Charles Maturin\u003cbr\u003e 14. Thomas Campbell, John Cam Hobhouse, James Hogg\u003cbr\u003e 15. Lord Byron's dealings with Mr Murray\u003cbr\u003e 16. Lord Byron's dealings with Mr Murray (cont.)\u003cbr\u003e 17. Byron's death and the destruction of his memoirs\u003cbr\u003e 18. Blackwood and Murray\u003cbr\u003e 19. Termination of partnership between Murray and Blackwood.\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":46266184204568,"sku":"9781108073912","price":35.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108073912i_1ef838be-a07c-4dd9-bcbc-8400ca71a7a9.jpg?v=1696751483","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/a-publisher-and-his-friends-volume-1-memoir-and-correspondence-of-the-late-john-murray-with-an-account-of-the-origin-and-progress-of-the-house-1768-1843-paperback-9781108073912","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}