British Book Trade Archives
Booksellers and Stationers
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HOUSE OF ANDREWS: Stationers, booksellers, Durham
Durham RO.
Accounts, 1825-1917; correspondence, engravings, 1825-1973; letterbook, 1896-1987.
NRA.
JOHN S. ARTHUR: Booksellers, Liverpool
Huntington L.
Correspondence, newspaper clippings, c.1804-1910, 117 pieces including letters
from publishers, printers, binders and other booksellers and dealers e.g.
Doves Press, T. Cadell, W. Rivington, also Chatto, John Lane, Edward &
George Routledge, Macmillan & Co., Kegan Paul & Co., and dealers
Maggs and Bernard Quaritch.
Personal correspondence.
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GEORGE BAYNTUN: Antiquarian bookseller, bookbinder
Private, contact University of West of England, Bristol.
Financial records, sales and stock records, correspondence, wages books,
1922-1986.
NRA.
BIRRELL & GARNETT LTD: Antiquarian booksellers
Bodleian L.
Minutes, customer accounts, catalogues & papers, 1920-1942.
NRA.
Also BL. cash books, journal, petty cash, sold and stock book, cash, sales
& bad debts book, accounts for purchases, sales, capital loans, rent
etc. 1922-39 (Add MSS 52862-70).
THOMAS WARD BRAND: Stationers, newsagents, Wooler
Berwick RO.
Ledgers, day books, 1861-1898. Catalogue ref., NRO 3277/1-9.
Survey.
A. BROWN & SONS: Printers, booksellers, Hull
Hull City RO.
Financial records, 1907-1979, mostly 1960s & 1970s.
NRA.
WILLIAM BROWN: Booksellers, Edinburgh.
NLS.
Miscellaneous records, 1878-1955. Catalogue ref., Acc 7920.
NRA, Bell (1976).
JOHN & EDWARD BUMPUS: Booksellers
City of Westminister.
Miscellaneous records including book orders, bank books, blocks etc., 1838-1959.
Catalogue ref., 418-436, 1143.
Survey.
C. J. BUSH: Wholesale booksellers, Hull, Yorkshire
Hull City RO.
Miscellaneous records, 1927-1938. Catalogue ref., DBX 7
NRA.
GEORGE HERBERT BUSHELL: Booksellers, St Andrews
St Andrews UL
Papers, 16th century to 20th century.
Bott (1986).
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CHAUCER HEAD: Booksellers, Birmingham
Birmingham City Archives.
Correspondence and miscellaneous records, 1870-1940. Catalogue ref., Ms
1366
NRA
LESLIE CHAUNDY & CO: Booksellers, Oxford
Oxford County Record Office
Miscellaneous records, 1910-1936
Bott (1986)
J. H. CLEMENTS & SON: Booksellers, printers, stationers, Ely
Cambridgeshire RO.
Miscellaneous records including ledgers, 1810-. Catalogue ref., R86/102
NRA.
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GRIFFITH DAVIES: Booksellers, Ystalyfera, Glamorgan
NLW.
Account book, 1862-1872. Catalogue ref., Handlist 3, MS 10940.
NRA.
DEIGHTON BELL & CO: Booksellers, Cambridge
Cambridge UL.
College prize accounts, 1903-c1954; University prize accounts, 1896-1962;
directors' minutes, 1914-1960; miscellaneous records including accounts
ledgers, wages and stock books, legal papers from 1840.
The Cambridge Bibliographical Society Newsletter, Spring 1994.
DRURY FAMILY: Printers, booksellers, stationers
Lincolnshire AO.
Ledger, 1799-1831. Catalogue ref., Ruddock (unlisted).
NRA .
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EASON & SON (NI) LTD: Newsagents, booksellers, stationers, Belfast
PRO of Northern Ireland.
Minutes, agreements, 1825-1977; plant, stock, 1825-1977.
NRA.
EDWARD EDWARDS: Bookseller and binder
NLW.
Miscellaneous records, 1854-1895.
NLW.
JACK EDWARDS: Bookseller and musician, Aberystwyth
NLW.
Correspondence from America, 41 letters.
NRA, NLW Annual Review 1992-3.
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S. G. FIELD: Stationers, Stratford-upon-Avon
Shakespeare Birthplace Trust RO.
Financial records, 1909-1915. Catalogue ref., Slatter
NRA.
C. & I. K. FLETCHER LTD: Antiquarian booksellers and dealers in manuscripts
Greater London RO.
Miscellaneous records, 1938-1969.
NRA.
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GLASGOW STATIONERS COMPANY: Stationers
Mitchell L.
Minutes, roll books, accounts, registers, letterbooks, charters, 1740-1923.
NRA.
J. W. GOULDING & SON: Printers, booksellers, Louth
Lincolnshire Archives.
Cash, stock book, correspondence, lists, 1890-1929. Catalogue ref., Goulding
papers.
NRA.
H. GRYLLS: Stationers, Redruth
Cornwall RO., Truro.
Correspondence and receipts, 1828-1843. Catalogue ref., Grylls.
NRA.
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W. HARPER: Booksellers, Shoreditch
Hackney Archives Department.
Miscellaneous records, 1856-1903.
NRA.
HARRISON: Booksellers, Leeds
Leeds Archive Service.
Receipt book, 1878-1883.
NRA.
HODGSON & CO: Book auctioneers
BL.
Sales, day, cash, bank, 1825-1964; inventories, valuations 1825-1964. Catalogue
ref., Add MSS 54580-723, 58128-48.
NRA, TLS 'The Hodgson Archive', 18 April 1968, p.405.
H. HURTON: Booksellers, Louth
Lincolnshire AO.
Miscellaneous records, 1841. Catalogue ref., addnl 4 Falk 12/3-17
NRA.
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JANSON & SONS: Natural history dealers and booksellers, London
Natural History Museum.
Letters, financial papers, 1871-1927.
NRA.
WILLIAM JENKINS: Booksellers, stationers, Aberystwyth
NLW.
Financial records, 1877-1891.
NRA.
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P. LAWRENCE: Stationers, Welwyn
Hertfordshire RO.
Day books and ledgers, 1841-1851.
NRA.
JOHN & JAMES LEIGHTON LTD: Bookbinders and antiquarian booksellers
BL.
Ledgers, stock books, 1896-1918. Catalogue ref., Add MSS 45161-75.
NRA.
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ALEXANDER MACKAY: Booksellers, Edinburgh
NLS.
Miscellaneous records, 1823-1847. Catalogue ref., Acc 6411.
NRA, Bell (1976).
MAGGS: Booksellers
BL.
Correspondence and letterbooks, 1914-1978; cash books, 1881-1945; ledgers,
1933-1938; files containing invoices for purchases, 1925-1961; other financial
records, 1918-1941; miscellaneous records, 1914-1925. Over 4,000 volumes.
Not yet fully catalogued.
BL.
WILLIAM MARK: Printers, booksellers, stationers, Northampton
Northamptonshire RO.
Deeds and shop accounts, 1860-1868. Catalogue ref., Misc acc 1972/1K1.
NRA .
Also Birmingham City Archives, minutes, register of members, 1935-1965.
MAWSON, SWAN & MORGAN LTD: Booksellers, stationers, picture framers,
Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Tyne & Wear Archives Service.
Financial records, 1878-1973; minutes, 1878-1973.
NRA.
W. E. MAYNE: Booksellers, Belfast
PRO of Northern Ireland.
Financial records, 1884-1967.
NRA.
METHODIST BOOKSHOP: Booksellers
Sheffield Archives.
Miscellaneous records, 1870-1990.
NRA.
JOHN MORGAN: Booksellers, stationers, Stratford-upon-Avon
Shakespeare Birthplace Trust RO.
Financial records, 1904-1926. Catalogue ref. DR 137.
NRA.
DAVID MORLEY: Booksellers, stationers etc, Liverpool
Suffolk Record Office, Ipswich Branch
Family papers 1815-1854, leases, apprentices, will, list of books, handbills,
posters, inventons etc. Catalogue ref. SRO/I H HA87/E1-E2
Personal correspondence
J. R. MORRIS: Booksellers, Caernarfon
Gwynedd Archives, Caernarfon RO.
Order, counter book, 1911-1958; correspondence, notebooks, 1911-1958.
NRA.
MOXON & CO: Booksellers, stationers, printers, Barnsley
Barnsley Archive Service.
Accounts, 1859-1860.
NRA
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JAMES PARKER: Printers, booksellers, Oxford
Bodleian L.
Correspondence & papers, 1863-1902.
NRA.
ALBERT PEPPER & SONS: Booksellers, stationers, Cheadle
Staffordshire RO.
Sales records, 1911-1927; examples of work, 1911-1927.
NRA.
PHILIP, SON & NEPHEW LTD: Booksellers, Liverpool
Liverpool RO.
Minute book 1941-1981; miscellaneous records including shop plans and accounts,
1879-1981.
NRA.
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BERNARD QUARITCH LTD: Publishers and booksellers
Bodleian L.
Correspondence and papers, 1850-99.
BTHG sub-group, NRA.
Also BL, ledgers, Add MSS 64132-415, and private at Bernard Quaritch, 5-8
Lower John St, London. W1.
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RAPPS: Booksellers and printers, Saltburn-by-the-Sea
Cleveland County Archives Department RO.
Miscellaneous records, 1872-1881.
NRA.
READ & BARRETT: Booksellers, Ipswich
Suffolk RO., Ipswich.
Miscellaneous correspondence, booklists etc, 1900-1911. Catalogue ref.,
HC401.
NRA.
JAMES ROWDEN: Booksellers, Newport, I.O.W.
Isle of Wight RO.
Financial records, 1834-1840
NRA.
WILLIAM ROWSELL: Stationers
Guildhall L.
Diary of daily life in family stationery shop, 1832-1833. In Hodder &
Stoughton archive Catalogue ref., Ms 24458.
Guildhall L., Corporation of London, Bullock-Anderson (1991).
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SISSON & PARKER: Booksellers, Nottingham
Nottinghamshire County Council Archives.
Miscellaneous records, 19th-20th century papers, 21 items.
Survey.
G. SMITH (later ELLIS): Booksellers
London UL.
Diary, correspondence, newscuttings, 1862-1963. Catalogue ref., Addnl MSS
244-884 (MS 660).
NRA.
JOHN SMITH & SONS: Booksellers, Glasgow
Mitchell L.
Miscellaneous 19th century records.
NRA, NLS Annual report 1974-5, p. 59.
Also NLS, correspondence 1798-1844.