I have now looked through my list of Darwin published by Appleton and only
the 1860 and 1861 editions of Origin do not fit Sternick?s dates. Are there
any footnotes in Sternick to indicate his sources? These editions, of
course, were certainly not religious books and were not for the Spanish
booktrade.
Michèle
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From: Rare book and manuscripts [mailto:EXLIBRIS-L@LISTSERV.INDIANA.EDU] On
Behalf Of Jerry Morris
Sent: 26 November 2006 01:34
To: EXLIBRIS-L@LISTSERV.INDIANA.EDU
Subject: Re: [EXLIBRIS-L] Appleton 19th Century Addresses
Vic
I have the Grant Overton's book, "Portrait of a Publisher, and the First
Hundred years of the House of Appleton 1825-1925," and referred to it in
responding to a recent ExLibris thread about Appleton's Spanish booktrade
. Overton's book will prove beneficial to your query about the various A
ppleton addresses.
Both Tebbel and Tylucki(DLB49) gathered their facts from Overton's book.
I don't know where Sternick got his information from, but he's a few yea
rs off from the others.
I should elaborate that the addresses listed below were the "primary" add
resses of D. Appleton and Company during the designated periods, and I st
ress the word "primary."
346-348 Broadway 1854-1867
443-445 Broadway 1867-1869
90-94 Grand St. 1869-1872
549-551 Broadway 1872-1880
1-5 Bond Street 1880-1894
In his book, Overton makes no mention that Appleton operated out of two a
ddresses, but, trust me, they did. On Page 49 of Overton's book is an il
lustration of the printing type used in newspaper advertisements in 1860.
There are thirteen books listed in the advertisement, only two of which
are pertinent:
Trench's Parables Condensed. D.Appleton & Co., Nos. 443 and 445 Broa
dway publish this day: Notes on the Parables of Our Lord by Richard Cheni
vix Trench. Condensed. 1 vol. 12 mo. Cloth $1...
Notes on Nursing; What It Is, And What It Is Not. By Florence Nightingale
. 1 vol., 12 mo. Paper covers, 15 cents. Cloth, 25 cents.
The listing for Trench's book was the only listing that contained a publi
shing address for Appleton. From my own research, I've learned that 443-
445 Broadway was Appleton's publishing address for religious works and Sp
anish-language books. On the web, I came across another religious work pu
blished in 1861 at 443-445 Broadway, as well as a Spanish photo book in 1
863 and a Spanish biography of "Abran Lincoln" in 1866.
Even though, 346-348 Broadway remained as Appleton's primary address unti
l it burned to the ground in 1867, Appleton utilized the 443-445 Broadway
address prior to the fire. In fact, 443-445 was built in 1860 by the ar
chitect Griffith Thomas specifically for Appleton and Company. Whether i
t would have become Appleton's primary address regardless of the fire at
346-348 Broadway is anybody's guess. I believe it was orignally built to
serve as Appleton's secondary location, to handle its increased business
interests in religious works and Spanish labguage books. It became a se
condary location once again when 90-94 Grand Street became Appleton's pri
mary address in 1869.
Hope this helps!
Jerry Morris,
Man of Other People's Letters
.....................
Sternick gives the following addresses for Appleton:
346-348 Broadway 1854-1863
443-445 Broadway 1863-1867
90-94 Grand St. 1868-1871
549-551 Broadway 1871-1880 [so no conflict between your information &
; his]
1-5 Bond Street 1880-1894
72 Fifth Ave. 1894-1902
I just noticed this inconsistency in imprint information wrt the Nighting
ale, so have not yet had an opportunity to investigate other titles.
I understand there is a 'biography' of the Appleton house, and I am attem
pting to track down a copy to see if it can shed some light on the matter
of moves, co-locations (if done).
Someone posed the query wrt cancel title pages.. the one in my NOTES ON N
URSING is not a cancel & I would not expect to be given the above add
ress information, though I suspect the questioner refered to the 1860 imp
rints with the 443 Broadway address, which I too would like to hear about
, either whether a cancel, or conjugate with....
Vic
PS. ccd the list, to see if others may have Appleton books from the perio
d that show this dating variance.
Perhaps they moved before the building burnt down. What about books
published by Appleton after 1860 - do any appear with the earlier address
? Despite the move to 90-94 Grand Street they were at 549-551 Broadway in
1871!
Bye for now.
Michèle
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Sent: 25 November 2006 14:27
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Cc: fkatz@SATX.RR.COM; cornflwr@CORNFLWR.DEMON.CO.UK
Subject: Re: [2] Query: Notes on Nursing [1860]
>From another list, regarding Appleton's location in the 1860s:
(Entry by George E Tylutki) DLB 49: American Literary
Publishing Houses, 1638-1899, part 1, page 25:
"In 1867 the building at 346-348 Broadway burned and
Appleton moved to 443-445 Broadway. The firm moved to
90-94 Grand Street in 1869."
Tebbel; A History of Book Publishing in the United
States, vol I (1630-1865) page 289:
"The new quarters at Broadway and Leonard (346
Broadway)" footnoted: "The building was destroyed by
fire in 1867 and the Appletons moved a little further
uptown again, to 443-445 Broadway. Later moves were
to 94 Grand Street, 549-551 Broadway, 1-5 Bond Street,
and in the last move of the century, to 72 Fifth
Avenue in 1894."
- - - -
Seems further research may be warranted.
V.
At 7:22 AM +0000 11/25/06, Michele Kohler wrote:
If you look at the three Appleton issues of On the Origin of Species for
1860 you will see that the first two - Freeman 378 and 379 have the 346 &
amp; 348 address. Freeman 380 has the 443 and 445 address. So they were a
pparently using both addresses in 1860. Having handled all three of the b
ooks at the same time I can say that that's what it says on the
title-pages
of the three issues.
Hope that helps.
Michèle Kohler
cornflwr@cornflwr.demon.co.uk
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On
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Sent: 25 November 2006 01:28
To: EXLIBRIS-L@LISTSERV.INDIANA.EDU
Subject: [EXLIBRIS-L] Query: Notes on Nursing [1860]
Have in front of me an copy of Nightingale's NOTES ON NURSING,
Appleton, 1860, with a publisher address of 346 & 348 Broadway. Howev
er, Bishop & Goldie, in their bibliography of Nightingale, note the 1
st US as Appleton, 1860, with an imprint address of 443-445 Broadway.
Information I have indicates Appleton didn't move to the 443 Broadway
address until 1863 [this from Sternick's work on 19th C Series books in w
hich he provides a location listing for US publishers, and dates of their
residence in said location], and that they were at 346 Broadway 1854 - 1
863.
Does any list member know if this incongruity, perhaps inaccuracy, in
Bishop & Cole has been previously noted & addressed elsewhere? I
f so, would appreciate knowing where I could find such a discussion [foot
note?].
TIA.
Vic Zoschak
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