Ward, Lock & Co. - Knowledge (XXG)

40: 273: 281: 421:. In 1909, the Melbourne office celebrated 25 years. In 1911, a fire destroyed large parts of Warwick House, but by 1913, a new Warwick House was built, which was larger than the earlier establishment. In 1914, the firm celebrated their Diamond Jubilee. In the 1920s, the firm expanded its list of juvenile literature to children's fiction and coloring books. They also continued to publish crime and detective stories, with books by authors like 296:'s popular "Select Library of Fiction" series. In 1891, James Bowden came in to a three-way partnership. He had started working at Ward and Lock in 1869 and after he became a partner, the company became Ward, Lock and Bowden. "By the last decade on the 19th century, Messrs. Ward, Lock and Bowden were an important name on the publishing scene." 299:

Ebenezer Ward retired in 1883 and died in 1902. George Lock had died in 1891. None of Ward's children went into business. But Lock's family continued the business. "After George Lock's death the firm was carried on for two years by James Bowden and John Lock under the title of Ward Lock, Bowden &

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and Company. In 1855, Herbert Ingram and Company folded and Ward and Lock, with some help from their business partners Thomas Dixon Galpin and George William Petter, bought some of Ingram's "publications, including the copyrights, wood-blocks, stereotype plates and engravings were put up for sale."

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The firm's first office was at 158 Fleet Street. Fleet Street had an inviting architecture and atmosphere. It was full of businesses and people, coffee houses, taverns, and soup kitchens. It appealed to "publishers, printers, authors and tradesmen who occupied its houses and frequented its taverns."

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James Bowden retired in 1897. By 1901, the firm went by Ward, Lock & Co., Limited. Its motto was "full steam ahead". The firm published major authors, but also took a "middle-brow" approach to fiction. They published in book form the novels of authors which had been published in installments in

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In 1873, Tyler left the company and it reverted to being Ward and Lock. Ward and Lock's catalogue was now extensive. The acquisition of Moxon meant that the firm had "the right to publish the Poet Laureate's works" and they published Tennyson's collected poems. The company's staff was now expanding

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and hence, in 1878, they built a new office called Warwick House. They published a lot of cheap reprints from here, as well as prize books for school in the 1880s. To cope with the demand of cheap reprints and prize books, the firm set up their own binding works on the top floor of Warwick House.

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Charles T. Tyler joined Ward and Lock as a partner in 1865 and the firm became Ward, Lock and Tyler. Tyler seems to have brought capital to the company and was a financial adviser. "Tyler remained with the firm for eight years, ceasing to be a partner in 1873, when it reverted to Ward and Lock."

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and Nelsons were some of the famous publishers with offices in the neighborhood. Ward and Lock continued to publish books at popular prices and started to issue atlases. Some of the authors the company published included

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who was an influential poet and publisher, who had died in 1858. By buying the works published by Moxon and Beeton, Ward, Lock and Tyler expanded their connections with many famous poets and authors of the time.

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The World's Inhabitants, Or Mankind, Animals, and Plants: Being a Popular Account of the Races and Nations of Mankind, Past and Present and the Animals and Plants Inhabiting the Great Continents and Principal

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Responding to the growth in railway lines and love for travel, Ward Lock and Bowden introduced their series of guides books to the British Isles in 1896. They were priced at a shilling. As of 1954, some 136

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In 1964, the business split in two, creating Ward Lock Educational Co Ltd, which was bought by Cassell Publishing in 1989. By the early 1990s, Cassell was acquired by the current owner,

1316: 1321: 409:– it introduced to the public a new style of magazine, that was for everyone, not just the upper or upper-middle classes. The magazine continued for nearly 45 years. 372:. Besides fiction, the firm also published educational material. They were involved in "popularizing general and specialized knowledge", publishing material such as 150:

had sold 140,000 copies. Other titles published by Ward and Lock around this time included books on travel, mechanics, and reprints of classical works, such as

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was a publishing house in the United Kingdom that started as a partnership and developed until it was eventually absorbed into the publishing combine of

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In 1882, Ward and Lock started expanding to English-speaking markets in other countries. In 1882 offices were opened in New York City, and in 1884 in

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When Ward and Lock established their office in Paternoster Row it was already the home of "some of the most famous publishers in the country":

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Cover of "A Pictorial and Descriptive Guide to St Ives, Carbis Bay, Penzance, Land's End and the Isles of Scilly" (11th ed.). 1927.

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Ward Lock and Bowden's business in New York and Melbourne were doing well and in the mid-1890s, the company opened an office in

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Ebenezer Ward and George Lock started a publishing concern in 1854 which became known as "Ward and Lock". Based originally in

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In 1870, Ward, Lock and Tyler acquired E. Moxon, Son and Company. Moxon was a publishing firm that had published

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Company. Then, in 1893, it was converted into a limited company with the title of Ward Lock and Bowden Ltd."

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was one of Ward, Lock's most popular authors around this time. Around this time, Ward, Lock also published

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And it was always bustling with "innumerable trades, tradesmen and customers, coaches, wagons playhouses".

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The period between the two World Wars was tough on publishers. Warwick House was bombed twice during

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published novels in installments and also verse and was one of the firm's biggest successes.

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Before founding Ward and Lock, Ward had worked as the manager of the book department at

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was published monthly from January 1895 until September 1939 (537 issues).

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Minerva Library of Famous Books (Ward, Lock & Co.) – Book Series List

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Dictionary of Nineteenth-century Journalism in Great Britain and Ireland

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Select Library of Fiction (Ward, Lock & Co.) - Book Series List

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The Bedtime Books: A Series of Hymn and Prayer Books for Children

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Perhaps, the most important book from the Ingram catalogue was

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A Pictorial and Descriptive Guide to London and Its Environs

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A Pictorial and Descriptive Guide to London and Its Environs

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A Pictorial and Descriptive Guide to London and Its Environs

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