Archibald Constable and Co, Edinburgh, publishers
Organization
Found in 28 Collections and/or Records:
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of Archibald Constable, and of Archibald Constable and Co., publishers, with related papers., 1803-1826, 1907-1928.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.40238-40259
Dates:
1803-1826, 1907-1928.
Papers of and relating to Sir Walter Scott and his literary property.
File
Identifier: Acc.13422
Scope and Contents
Agreements, memoranda, letters, notes and drafts of Sir Walter Scott with his publishers Archibald Constable and Robert Cadell, and his printers, James Ballantyne, concerning Scott`s literary property. Included are a draft of the deed of 1819 selling the copyright of Scott`s novels and poems to Constable, and a letter of John Gibson Lockhart to Archibald Constable concerning his proposal for a Scott edition of Shakespeare, 1823.
Dates:
1817-1826
Publishing agreement between Archibald Constable and Co and Sir William Forbes of Pitsligo for a new edition of the works of James Beattie, to be accompanied by Forbes`s "An Account of the Life and Writings of James Beattie, including Many of his Original Letters" then in the course of composition.
File
Identifier: Acc.12728
Scope and Contents
Includes a letter of James Ballantyne to Archibald Constable on the printing of "The Life of Beattie" and on other printing work.
Dates:
1804-1807.
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- Advertisements. 5
- Bills of exchange. 4
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