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Collection Overview
- Title:
- Andrews Circulating Library and Booksellers Correspondence
- Repository:
- Manuscripts Division
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/cz30pt41m
- Dates:
- 1822-1852
- Size:
- 1 box, 0.4 linear feet
- Storage Note:
- Firestone Library (scamss): Box 1
- Language:
- English
Abstract
Andrews Circulating Library and Booksellers was a bookstore, publisher, and subscription library in London in the early to mid-19th century. Consists of an archive of 113 original notes and letters largely composed by British aristocrats or their personal secretaries and addressed to Messrs. Andrews, Booksellers, at 167 New Bond Street, requesting or returning books from the circulating library. The collection contains single letters addressed to Mr. Lodge, Mr. Rooke, and Messrs. Harding. The correspondence also includes requests for stationery, music, and the purchase of new books.
Collection Description & Creator Information
- Scope and Contents
Consists of an archive of 113 original notes and letters largely composed by British aristocrats or their personal secretaries and addressed to Messrs. Andrews, Booksellers, at 167 New Bond Street, requesting or returning books from the circulating library. The collection contains single letters addressed to Mr. Lodge, Mr. Rooke, and Messrs. Harding. The correspondence also includes requests for stationery, music, and the purchase of new books.
- Collection Creator Biography:
Andrews Circulating Library and Booksellers was a bookstore, publisher, and subscription library in London in the early to mid-19th century.
John Andrews may have worked for John Ebers' Circulating Library in Old Bond Street before opening at 167 New Bond Street, probably around 1820, when he started advertising for the J. Andrews Circulating Library in various literary gazettes. Titles printed for "J. Andrews, New Bond St." were published as early as 1823, and from around 1827, he and Charles Andrews are listed in different directories as booksellers at the same address. From the 1840s, "Mrs. Andrews" or Eliza Andrews is listed as "bookseller and librarian" at the same address. Andrews Circulating Library operated until the 1850s as evidenced by newspaper advertisements.
Collection History
- Acquisition:
This collection was purchased from Julian Browning in 2012 (AM2012-92).
Additions were purchased from Richard Ford Manuscripts in 2012 (AM2012-96).
- Appraisal
No appraisal information is available.
- Processing Information
Folder inventory added by Allyse Terrell '14 in 2012
Access & Use
- Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
- Conditions Governing Use
Single copies may be made for research purposes. To cite or publish quotations that fall within Fair Use, as defined under U. S. Copyright Law, no permission is required. For instances beyond Fair Use, it is the responsibility of the researcher to determine whether any permissions related to copyright, privacy, publicity, or any other rights are necessary for their intended use of the Library's materials, and to obtain all required permissions from any existing rights holders, if they have not already done so. Princeton University Library's Special Collections does not charge any permission or use fees for the publication of images of materials from our collections, nor does it require researchers to obtain its permission for said use. The department does request that its collections be properly cited and images credited. More detailed information can be found on the Copyright, Credit and Citations Guidelines page on our website. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us through the Ask Us! form.
- Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
For preservation reasons, original analog and digital media may not be read or played back in the reading room. Users may visually inspect physical media but may not remove it from its enclosure. All analog audiovisual media must be digitized to preservation-quality standards prior to use. Audiovisual digitization requests are processed by an approved third-party vendor. Please note, the transfer time required can be as little as several weeks to as long as several months and there may be financial costs associated with the process. Requests should be directed through the Ask Us Form.
- Credit this material:
Andrews Circulating Library and Booksellers Correspondence; Manuscripts Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/cz30pt41m
- Location:
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Firestone LibraryOne Washington RoadPrinceton, NJ 08544, USA
- Storage Note:
- Firestone Library (scamss): Box 1
