The house of Blackwood : author-publisher relations in the Victorian era / David Finkelstein.

Author/creator Finkelstein, David, 1964-
Format Book
Publication InfoUniversity Park : Pennsylvania State University Press, ©2002.
Descriptionviii, 199 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm.
Subjects
William Blackwood and Sons--History.
Blackwood & Sons (publishers)--History.
Publishers and publishing--Great Britain. --History. --19th century.
Authors and publishers--Great Britain. --History. --19th century.
Great Britain--Intellectual life. --19th century.

SeriesThe Penn State series in the history of the book
Penn State series in the history of the book. ^A370339
Contents Setting the scene -- Finding success : Blackwood's, 1860-1879 -- Africa rewritten : the case of John Hanning Speke -- Reade revised : a woman hater and the women's medical movement -- Shifting ground : Blackwood's, 1880-1912 -- Creating house identities : nineteenth-century publishing memoirs and the annals of a publishing house -- A grocer's business : William Blackwood III and the literary agents.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 185-189) and index.
LCCN 2002000501
ISBN0271021799 (alk. paper)