At the Circulating Library Publisher Information: James Blackwood
Publisher: James Blackwood
Primary Location: London
History: Founded by James Blackwood (1824–1911) in the early 1850s. He was a descendent of the Scottish publisher William Blackwood, though he had no connection with publishers William Blackwood and Sons. His daughter was the anthropologist Beatrice Mary Blackwood (1889–1975).
References: British Census (1861, 1881, 1891, 1901); Times (8 August 1911); Chester W. Topp, Victorian Yellowbacks and Paperbacks, 1849–1905, volume 7 (Hermitage Antiquarian Bookshop, 1993)
Number of Titles Published by James Blackwood:
| 1855 (3 titles) | 1857 (1 titles) | 1858 (3 titles) |
| 1859 (6 titles) | 1860 (10 titles) | 1861 (1 titles) |
| 1862 (1 titles) | 1866 (1 titles) | 1873 (2 titles) |
| 1874 (2 titles) | 1876 (1 titles) | 1877 (1 titles) |
| 1879 (1 titles) | 1884 (2 titles) | 1886 (4 titles) |
| 1893 (2 titles) | 1900 (1 titles) |