The Lamplighter

Anonymous [Maria Susanna Cummins]

Verlag: Bernhard Tauchnitz, Leipzig, 1854

Beschreibung

A beautifully bound quarter morocco edition of this best-selling novel, published by Tauchnitz in the same year as its first edition. A beautifully bound edition of American novelist Maria Susanna Cummins' extraordinarily popular novel. A sentimental novel, and female bildungsroman this was Cummins's first novel and was an immediate best-seller, selling 20,000 copies in twenty days.This book is volume 304 from the Tauchnitz 'Collection of British Authors' which started in 1842 and continued for almost a century. The collection eventually comprised of 5370 volumes.Christian Bernhard Tauchnitz founded his Leipzig publishing firm in 1837 at the age of 20. His specialism was publishing foreign language books, particularly English. He began his firm at a defining period for English literature, as popular authors were producing a wider range of work in differing genres and forms.Tauchnitz built a good reputation with many leading British and American authors which lead him to be the principal publisher of English Language books in continental Europe from 1840 to 1940. In some instances authors sent Tauchnitz their proofs in order for them to be published at the same time as the British publisher, or in some cases before. In nineteenth century Britain, an author's work could be published by several different publishing houses leading to the production of their novels in a variety of formats. By Tauchnitz owning the publishing rights to nearly all the leading British authors for the first time there was a consistent format. In the original quarter morocco binding with paper covered boards. Externally, very smart. Minor shelf wear to board perimeters. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Near Fine. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 780F32

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The Lamplighter

Verlag: Bernhard Tauchnitz, Leipzig

Erscheinungsdatum: 1854

Einband: Leather

Illustrator: None

Zustand: Near Fine

Art des Buches: book