Small image of a man handing a book to a women across a counter.

At the Circulating Library

A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901

A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901

Publisher: 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:

1854 (1 titles)1855 (4 titles)1856 (1 titles)1857 (3 titles)1858 (6 titles)1859 (8 titles)1860 (14 titles)1861 (1 titles)1862 (2 titles)1865 (1 titles)1866 (2 titles)1868 (1 titles)1871 (1 titles)1873 (5 titles)1874 (2 titles)1875 (1 titles)1876 (1 titles)1877 (3 titles)1878 (1 titles)1879 (6 titles)1880 (2 titles)1884 (2 titles)1886 (4 titles)1893 (2 titles)1900 (1 titles)