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Vic
I have 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 Appleton 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
years off from the others. I should elaborate that the addresses listed
below were the "primary" addresses of D. Appleton and Company during the
designated periods, and I stress 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
addresses, but, trust me, they did. On Page 49 of Overton's book is an
illustration 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 Broadway
publish this day: Notes on the Parables of Our Lord by Richard Chenivix
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 first and only listing that
contained a publishing address for Appleton. From my own research, I've
learned that 443-445 Broadway was Appleton's publishing address for
religious works and Spanish-language books. On the web, I came across
another religious work published in 1861 at 443-445 Broadway, as well as
a Spanish photo book in 1863 and a Spanish biography of "Abran Lincoln"
in 1866.
Even though, 346-348 Broadway remained as Appleton's primary address
until 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 architect Griffith Thomas specifically for Appleton and Company.
Whether it would have become Appleton's primary address regardless of
the fire at 346-348 Broadway is anybody's guess. I believe it was
originally built to serve as Appleton's secondary location, to handle
its increased business interests in religious works and Spanish labguage
books. It became a secondary location once again when 90-94 Grand Street
became Appleton's primary address in 1869.
Hope this helps!
Jerry Morris,
Man of Other People's Letters
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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
Nightingale, so have not yet had an opportunity to investigate other
titles. I understand there is a 'biography' of the Appleton house, and I
am attempting 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 NURSING is not a cancel & I
would not expect to be given the above address information, though I
suspect the questioner refered to the 1860 imprints 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
period 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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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 & 348 address.
Freeman 380 has the 443 and 445 address. So they were apparently using
both addresses in 1860. Having handled all three of the books 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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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. However, Bishop &
Goldie, in their bibliography of Nightingale, note the 1st 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 which he
provides a location listing for US publishers, and dates of their
residence in said location], and that they were at 346 Broadway 1854 -
1863. Does any list member know if this incongruity, perhaps inaccuracy,
in Bishop & Cole has been previously noted & addressed elsewhere? If so,
would appreciate knowing where I could find such a discussion
[footnote?]. TIA.
Vic Zoschak
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