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At first, Dobell issued his books through other publishers, but after some collaborative ventures, he began publishing under his own imprint, beginning with a "cheaper and more popular" edition of Thomson's
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wrote, Dobell was "at pains to make his second-hand catalogues better reading than half the new books printed, and they cost us nothing."
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Dobell opened a newsvendor's shop in 1872; he went on to become the proprietor of two bookshops in
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Dobell formed close friendships with a number of contemporary writers, most notably the poet
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English bookseller, literary scholar, editor, poet, essayist and publisher (1842–1914)
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Bradbury, S. (1909). "A List of the Works Written or Edited by Bertram Dobell".
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Quillen-Couch, Arthur (1924). "Of Oliver Goldsmith and a Printer's Devil".
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This was followed by a privately published collection of his own verse,
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As an author, Dobell was best known for his editions of the works of
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with the recently-imported Japanese poetic form afterward known as
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The Laureate of Pessimism: a Sketch of the Life of James Thomson
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Battle, East Sussex
Haverstock Hill

Battle, East Sussex
Charing Cross Road
Arthur Quiller-Couch
James Thomson
liver cancer
Haverstock Hill
Thomas Traherne
Shelley
Goldsmith
Strode
The City of Dreadful Night
haikai
English experiments
haiku


"Bertram Dobell Biography (1842-1914)"
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