Mathews, Elkin, Ltd., Firm, Booksellers, London. The Archives of Elkin Mathews, 1811-1938.

Location: McKeldin Library
Call Number: Microfilm Z232.M36M3

Mathews, Elkin, Ltd., Firm, Booksellers, London. The Archives of Elkin Mathews, 1811-1938.

Description

This collection contains correspondence, photographs and printed material which pertain to the history of publisher Elkin Mathews and Company, including records of the early partnership of Charles Elkin Mathews and John Lane.

A detailed list of items in the collection appears at the beginning of the microfilm immediately following the introduction.

There is no printed index for this collection.

The manuscript section includes correspondence, drawings and miscellaneous papers. The printed section contains announcements, catalogs, proofs, photographs, prints and publications

Mathews was noted for publishing first books of authors who were later to become famous.

This collection is part of the microfilm series British Publishers' Archives, Series 1. See the entry in this Guide for Cambridge University Press for a list of other publishers included in this series.