One Hundred Years of Publishing 1837-1937 by Little Brown and Company - 1937

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1937. First Edition [stated], presumed first printing. Hardcover. Good/Fair. [8], 83, [3] pages. Illustrations. DJ has wear, tears, soiling, chips, and a scuff at the front. 'Official' company history touching all the high spots in its history. Charles C. Little and James Brown became partners, purchased an existing bookstore in 1837 which by 1841 started in the book publishing business. They first published law books and eventually expanded to a variety of works. Among the illustrations are the following individuals: Augustus Flagg, John Bartlett, Francis Parkman, John Murray Brown, Alfred Thayer Mahan, Henry Sienkiewicz, Edward Everett Hale, Louisa May Alcott, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Erich Maria Remarque, Charles Nordhoff, and James Normal Hall. Little, Brown and Company is an American publisher founded in 1837 by Charles Coffin Little and his partner, James Brown, and for close to two centuries has published fiction and nonfiction by American authors. Early lists… Read More