{"product_id":"random-recollections-of-an-old-publisher-paperback-9781108009249","title":"Random Recollections of an Old Publisher (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108009249","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eRandom Recollections of an Old Publisher\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis two-volume autobiography traces the Victorian publisher William Tinsley's career through sketches of authors and other contemporaries.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eWilliam Tinsley (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108009249, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 4 March 2010\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e392 pages, 1 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 2.2 cm, 0.5 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\"\u003eWilliam Tinsley (1830–1900) was a noted Victorian publisher whose catalogue included works by such celebrated novelists as Thomas Hardy and Wilkie Collins. This two-volume autobiography, first published in 1900, traces his life from his rural childhood to the establishment and rise of the Tinsley Brothers company in 1858, and its later collapse. Each chapter contains a series of brief sketches of authors and other contemporaries. Volume 1 spans Tinsley's early days and travels to London, along with his first encounters with the publishing world. It includes detailed portraits of Mary Elizabeth Braddon and H. J. Byron, and incorporates material on the development of transport and general commerce in the Victorian era. Based on Tinsley's personal recollections, and incorporating letters as well as anecdotal information, these volumes will fascinate anyone interested in the history of publishing and the development of the nineteenth-century novel.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. On Highgate Hill\u003cbr\u003e 2. A budding Bloomfield\u003cbr\u003e 3. Thomas and Robert Cooper\u003cbr\u003e 4. Mr Mudie and the Library Company\u003cbr\u003e 5. Joseph Hatton the novelist\u003cbr\u003e 6. Harrison Ainsworth\u003cbr\u003e 7. Mr George Meredith\u003cbr\u003e 8. Robert Crawford, of Edinburgh\u003cbr\u003e 9. H. S. Leigh\u003cbr\u003e 10. H. J. Byron\u003cbr\u003e 11. James Grant the journalist\u003cbr\u003e 12. Charles James Matthews\u003cbr\u003e 13. William Black\u003cbr\u003e 14. Shirley Brooks\u003cbr\u003e 15. A sad end to a merry party\u003cbr\u003e 16. J. L. Toole at the Coventry Street picture shop.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Publishing industry \u0026amp; book trade [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Publishing industry \u0026amp; book trade\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Publishing%20industry%20\u0026amp;%20book%20trade%20%5BKNTP%5D%22\"\u003eKNTP\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":46265922093336,"sku":"9781108009249","price":30.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108009249i_16558dca-d547-40d2-bf60-40015daf9fb8.jpg?v=1694867449","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/random-recollections-of-an-old-publisher-paperback-9781108009249","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}