A Publisher and His Friends
Publisher: IndyPublish
Published: October 12, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 432
ISBN-13: 9781428037205
Subjects: Biography & Autobiography; Biography: general; Literature: History & Criticism; Editors, Journalists, Publishers; Literary; Publishing; Biography & Autobiography / Editors, Journalists, Publishers; Biography & Autobiography-Literary; Language Arts & Disciplines-Publishing; Biography / Autobiography; Biography/Autobiography
First sentence: The publishing house of Murray dates from the year 1768, in which year John MacMurray, a lieutenant of Marines, having retired from the service on half-pay, purchased the bookselling business of William Sandby, at the sign of the "Ship," No. 32, Fleet Street, opposite St. Dunstan's Church.