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Wordsworth's Poetical Works

Wordsworth's Poetical Works
Published c1867 London: Milner and Sowerby, Paternoster Row.

William Milner / Milner and Sowerby, Halifax
William Milner (1803-1850) started this Halifax book publishing firm. As a young man he apprenticed in the trade before beginning his own house. By the 1830's he was publishing thousands of "cheap books" per day. His well known series called the "Cottage Library" was comprised of the "cheapest books in Britain". His firm was among the first to publish inexpensive books. He left his publishing business to his two stepsons. The house was then known as Milner and Sowerby.

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 Gillian Everett
Gillian Everett club
Milner started publishing in 1834… He was soon joined by Francis R Sowerby and the imprint became Milner and Sowerby. In 1866 the firm opened a distribution centre in London, and in 1883 the name changed to Milner and Co.Ltd. The firm finally went into liquidation in 1910.

Milner’s firm was one of the most important in the provision of cheap books for the mass market… the Milner publishing house stands supreme as the forerunner of notable twentieth-century paperback enterprises. The publishing history of the firm is hard to trace, because after 1867 no books appearing under its imprint were dated!
6 years ago.
 Chrissy
Chrissy club
Ich liebe diese alten wunderschönen Bucheinbände!
6 years ago.
 neira-Dan
neira-Dan club
la reliure et la couleur sont particulièrement belles .. un livre qui a été beaucoup lu et relu , on sent la passion
6 years ago.
 Sami Serola (inactive)
Sami Serola (inactiv… club
Beautiful book and nicely presented.
6 years ago.
 Valfal
Valfal
What a beautiful book! You have captured it well, Gillian!
6 years ago.
 Karen's Place
Karen's Place club
Such a gorgeous book and the illustration is so lovely.
6 years ago.
 Marie-claire Gallet
Marie-claire Gallet
WOW, love the color of the cover !! A lovely blue !! Happy Saturday !!
6 years ago.
 Jan
Jan
Beautiful colour and a very well thumbed edition
6 years ago.
 Annaig56
Annaig56 club
superbe manuscrit et couleur
6 years ago.
 Xata
Xata club
The charm of old books...
6 years ago.
 Ruebenkraut
Ruebenkraut club
Poetry inside and outside! Well found and captured!
6 years ago.
 Ulrich John
Ulrich John club
Wow ! Very beautiful presented ! A treasure !
6 years ago.
 Wierd Folkersma
Wierd Folkersma club
a beautiful book, worth keeping
6 years ago.
 HaarFager
HaarFager club
That's a nice looking old book. Well done, Gillian!
6 years ago.
 Gillian Everett
Gillian Everett club
Thanks everyone!!
6 years ago.
 Gudrun
Gudrun club
Wordsworth can be hard going but the book looks lovely and well presented!
6 years ago.
 christel.k
christel.k club
sehr wertvolle Bücher, Gillian, wunderschön präsentiert!
nun müssen nur noch die armen Leute Leseunterricht bekommen ...
6 years ago.
 raingirl
raingirl club
fascinating and a beautiful book cover. (missed where the poem is - only see the illustration)
5 years ago.

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