Curwen tells the story of British bookselling through the lives of its great houses: the booksellers of olden times, the Longman family, Constable and Cadell with the Waverley novels and the Edinburgh Review, John Murray and Byron, William Blackwood and his magazine, the Chambers brothers and many more publishers of the Victorian age.
Gossipy and informative history for book lovers curious about who brought the classics into print. Download the free EPUB.