Blackwood (Publishing House)
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine XXV 1829
William Blackwood and Sons was a Scottish publishing house and printer founded by William Blackwood in 1804.
It played a key role in literary history, publishing many important authors, for example John Buchan, George Tomkyns Chesney, Joseph Conrad, George Eliot, E. M. Forster, John Galt, Thomas de Quincey, Charles Reade, Margaret Oliphant, John Hanning Speke and Anthony Trollope, both in books and in the monthly Blackwood’s Magazine.
In 1804 William Blackwood opened a shop in South Bridge Street, Edinburgh, for the sale of old, rare and curious books. In 1813 Blackwood became the agent for the printers of Sir Walter Scott’s novels.
William Blackwood died in 1834 and was succeeded by his two sons, Alexander and Robert, who added a London branch to the firm.
The last member of the Blackwood family to run the company was Douglas Blackwood. During World War II Blackwood was a fighter pilot and at the height of the Battle of Britain recalled looking down from 25,000 feet to see the firm's London office in Paternoster Row ablaze. Millions of books were lost in the fire this marked the beginning of the firm's decline. He retired in 1976 and by 1980 the firm had amalgamated.
It played a key role in literary history, publishing many important authors, for example John Buchan, George Tomkyns Chesney, Joseph Conrad, George Eliot, E. M. Forster, John Galt, Thomas de Quincey, Charles Reade, Margaret Oliphant, John Hanning Speke and Anthony Trollope, both in books and in the monthly Blackwood’s Magazine.
In 1804 William Blackwood opened a shop in South Bridge Street, Edinburgh, for the sale of old, rare and curious books. In 1813 Blackwood became the agent for the printers of Sir Walter Scott’s novels.
William Blackwood died in 1834 and was succeeded by his two sons, Alexander and Robert, who added a London branch to the firm.
The last member of the Blackwood family to run the company was Douglas Blackwood. During World War II Blackwood was a fighter pilot and at the height of the Battle of Britain recalled looking down from 25,000 feet to see the firm's London office in Paternoster Row ablaze. Millions of books were lost in the fire this marked the beginning of the firm's decline. He retired in 1976 and by 1980 the firm had amalgamated.
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