Adam and Charles Black - Adam & Charles Black, 1807-1957: Some Chapters in the History of a Publishing House

London, Adam & Charles Black, 1957. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this history of the publishing house Adam & Charles Black, from the library of W. A. Foyle at Beeleigh Abbey. The first edition, first impression of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and five further plates, three of which are in colour. Collated, complete. A hundred-and-fifty years of the history of the publishing house Adam & Charles Black, from its establishment in 1807 until 1957. Included is an appendix showing the descendants of Adam Black, an appendix showing the partners and directors, and an index. From the library of W. A. Foyle at Beeleigh Abbey. William Foyle was the co-founder of Foyles bookshop, founding the leading bookshop in 1903 alongside his brother. He purchased Beeleigh Abbey during the Second World War, an impressive twelfth century monastery in Essex, which became home to his library, one the largest private libraries in England. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally very smart, with a little fading to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Fine .

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