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Charles Robert Leslie |
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Charles R Leslie tells John Miller that Philadelphia bookseller, Mathew Carey, is prepared to spend $250 a year to get the latest British publications. |
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| 1819/06/23 |
Washington Irving |
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The first installment of "The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent" by Washington Irving is published simultaneously in Baltimore, Boston, New York and Philadelphia. |
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| 1819/06/23 |
C S Van Winkle |
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The first installment of "The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent" by Washington Irving is published simultaneously in Baltimore, Boston, New York and Philadelphia. |
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| 1820/00/00 |
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Fearful of British Booksellers selling The Sketch Book without adapting it for the London public or paying him, Irvine approaches John Murray, the eminent publisher, who politely declines to publish The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon in England. |
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| 1820/02/16 |
John Miller (transatlantic publisher) |
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The first four American installments are collected into a single volume and self-published by Irving in London, by John Miller's Burlington Arcade imprint. |
Burlington Arcade, London |
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| 1820/04/00 |
John Miller (transatlantic publisher) |
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In early April, John Miller's Burlington Arcade imprint goes bankrupt, leaving the bulk of "The Sketch Book" unsold in his warehouse. |
Burlington Arcade, London |
London |
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| 1820/05/00 |
Walter Scott |
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More propitious than Hercules, Walter Scott puts his own shoulder to the wheel. Through his favorable representations, Murray is quickly induced to undertake the future publication of The Sketch Book which he had previously declined. |
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| 1820/07/00 |
John Murray (publisher) |
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John Murray publishes the 2nd volume of The Sketch Book, including the pieces from the final 3 American installments, plus 3 additional works: "Philip of Pokanoket" and "Traits of Indian Character" and "L'Envoy", where Irving thanks his British readers. |
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| 1848/00/00 |
G P Putnam and Co |
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G P Putnam publishes Irvine's Revised Edition "The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon" with two new stories: "London Antiques" and "A Sunday in London". Illustrator: F O C Darley, Engravers: Benjamin F Childs, Henry Walker Herrick and John William Orr. |
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| 1848/00/00 |
Felix Octavius Carr Darley |
Illustrator |
G P Putnam publishes Irvine's Revised Edition "The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon" with two new stories: "London Antiques" and "A Sunday in London". Illustrator: F O C Darley, Engravers: Benjamin F Childs, Henry Walker Herrick and John William Orr. |
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