The British publishing industry in the Nineteenth Century. Volume III, Authors, Publishers and Copyright Law / edited by David Finkelstein and Andrew Nash.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Finkelstein, David, 1964- editor.

Nash, Andrew, 1972- editor.

Taylor & Francis eBooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Publishers and publishing--Great Britain--History--19th century.

Publishers and publishing.

Publishers and publishing--Great Britain--History--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxvi, 386 pages)

Other Title:

Authors, publishers and copyright law

Place of Publication:

Abingdon : Routledge 2024.

Biography/History:

Professor David Finkelstein (BA, PhD, FEA, FRHistS, FRSA) is a cultural historian who has published over 90 books, essays and refereed journal articles in areas related to nineteenth-century cultural history, print culture and media history, several of which have won awards.His most recent work includes Movable Types: Roving Creative Printers of the Victorian World (Oxford University Press, 2018), and the 850 page edited Edinburgh History of the British and Irish Press, volume 2: Expansion and Evolution, 1800-1900 (Edinburgh University Press, 2020). Current projects include a co-edited volume on the colonial periodical press, as well as work on print workplaces in Edwardian visual culture. Dr Andrew Nash (MA, MSc, PhD) is Reader in Book History and Deputy Director of the Institute of English Studies in the University of London⁰́₉s School of Advanced Study where he directs the MA in the History of the Book and the London Rare Books School. In addition to monographs on Victorian literature and Scottish literature, he has edited or co-edited many works in the field of book and publishing history including The Culture of Collected Editions (2003), Literary Cultures and the Material Book (2007), New Directions in the History of the Novel (2014) and, most recently, The Cambridge History of the Book in Britain, vol. 7: the Twentieth Century and Beyond (2019). He is part of a new Leverhulme-funded research project on the early history of the Society of Authors (2020-24).

Contents:

Volume 3: Authors, Publishers and Copyright LawVolume 3 IntroductionBibliographyPart 1. AUTHORS, PUBLISHERS AND AGENTS⁰́₈Books, Booksellers and Bookmakers⁰́₉, London Magazine, Vol. 10 (February 1828), pp. 254-60.⁰́₈Authors and Publishers⁰́₉, The New Quarterly Review and Digest of Current Literature, British, American, French, and German (January 1854), pp. 9-17.⁰́₈Introduction⁰́₉, The Search for a Publisher; or, Counsels for a Young Author (1855; London: Provost & Co., repr. 1882), pp. 3-19.James Spedding, Publishers and Authors (London: Printed for the Author by John Russell Smith, 1867), pp. 1-55.⁰́₈An Interview with Mr A.P. Watt⁰́₉, Bookman (October 1892), pp. 20-2.William Heinemann, ⁰́₈The Middleman as Viewed by a Publisher⁰́₉, Athenaeum (11 November 1893), p. 663T. Werner Laurie, ⁰́₈Author, Agent, and Publisher by one of "The Trade"⁰́₉, Nineteenth Century (November 1895), pp. 890-5.Walter Besant, 'The Literary Agent', Nineteenth Century (December 1895), 979-86.Robert Buchanan, Is Barabbas a Necessity? A Discourse on Publishers and Publishing (London: Robert Buchanan, Author & Publisher, 1896), pp. 3-31.Part 2. AUTHORS, PUBLISHERS AND COPYRIGHT LAWRobert Maugham, extract from A Treatise on the Law of Literary Property (London and Edinburgh: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green; Henry Dixon; Adam Black, 1828), pp. vii-xviii. ⁰́₈The Copy-Right Law⁰́₉, Monthly Review (January 1838), pp. 52-63.W. and R. Chambers, ⁰́₈Brief Objections to Mr Talfourd⁰́₉s New Copyright Bill⁰́₉, Times (25 April 1838), p. 3.Letter from Robert Chambers to the Times (18 May 1838), p. 3.⁰́₈New Copyright Bill⁰́₉, Times (31 May 1838), p. 4.[Routledge v Low], ⁰́₈Literary and Musical Copyright⁰́₉, Athenaeum (16 December 1865), pp. 845-6.John Camden Hotten, extracts from Literary Copyright: Seven Letters Addressed by Permission to the Right Hon. The Earl Stanhope (London: John Camden Hotten, 1871), pp. 15-46, 91-102, 135-55 Matthew Arnold, ⁰́₈Copyright⁰́₉, Fortnightly Review (March 1880), 319-34.Edward Marston, extract from Copyright, National and International: with some remarks on the position of authors and publishers by a publisher (London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1887), pp. 5-44.Charles James Longman, ⁰́₈A Publisher⁰́₉s View of International Copyright⁰́₉, Fraser⁰́₉s Magazine (March 1881), pp. 372-8.Wilkie Collins, ⁰́₈Thou Shalt Not Steal⁰́₉, Author 2 (June 1890), pp. 31-5.C. J. Longman, ⁰́₈The American Copyright Bill⁰́₉, Economic Review (April 1891), pp. 203-8.G. Herbert Thring, ⁰́₈Recent Attempts at Copyright Legislation⁰́₉, Fortnightly Review (March 1898), pp. 461-7.Augustine Birrell, ⁰́₈The Present Situation⁰́₉, in Seven Lectures on the Law and History of Copyright in Books (London: Cassell & Co., 1899), pp. 205-23.Part 3. PUBLISHERS AND THE SOCIETY OF AUTHORSExtracts from The Grievances Between Authors and Publishers. Being the Report of the Conferences of the Incorporated Society of Authors held at Willis⁰́₉s Rooms, in March 1887 with Additional Matter and Summary (London: Field & Tuer; Simpkin, Marshall & Co., Hamilton, Adams & Co., 1887), pp. 7-46, 52-61, 127-85.⁰́₈The Mysteries of Publishing: An Interview with Messrs Chatto and Windus⁰́₉, Pall Mall Gazette (9 March 1887), pp. 1-2.J. Neville Porter, ⁰́₈The Relations Between Authors and Publishers⁰́₉, Time (1887), pp. 399-411.⁰́₈Archdeacon Farrar and the Publishers⁰́₉, correspondence from the Times, 7-14 October 1890. [Letter from J. Russell Endean, 7 October; letters from F.W. Farrar and Cassell and Company, 8 October; letters from Walter Besant, F.W. Farrar and J Russell Endean, 9 October); letter from Andrew W. Tuer, 10 October; letters from An Author, Harry Quilter, and E. Marston, 11 October; letters from Walter Besant, S.S. Sprigge, and Facing Both Ways, 13 October; letters from George Lock and Andrew W. Tuer, 14 October]. Extracts from William Heinemann (ed.), The Hardships of Publishing: Letters to ⁰́₈The Athenaeum⁰́₉ (London: Privately Printed, 1893), pp. 3-28; 30-32; 42-57; 59-62; 95-113. Walter Besant, extracts from The Pen and the Book (London: Thomas Burleigh, 1899), pp. 145-86, 200-13.⁰́₈Am I a Thief? A Publisher⁰́₉s Reply to Sir Walter Besant⁰́₉, article and correspondence published in Outlook (Original article, 14 January; Letters by Walter Besant, Another Publisher, Thomas Pinkerton, 21 January; Letter by Another Publisher, 28 January; Letters by A Publisher, A London Bookseller, 11 February 1899). Index

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