{"product_id":"9781108012799","title":"Bookseller of the Last Century : Being Some Account of the Life of John Newbery, and of the Books He Published, with a Notice of the Later Newberys (Cambridge Library Collection - History of Printing, Publishing and Libraries)","description":"\u003cp\u003eCharles Welsh's account of the achievements of John Newbery was first published in 1885. Newbery is best known as the pioneering publisher of good-quality children's books such as A Little Pretty Pocket-Book and Little Goody Two-Shoes. In many ways he can be regarded as the first publisher who created and marketed books specifically for children. He was an associate of Samuel Johnson and Oliver Goldsmith, and founded a number of newspapers that published some of their works. Welsh also draws attention to a less well known aspect of Newbery's diverse business ventures: his involvement in the selling of patent medicines. The author chronicles the immediate successors to the Newbery business and includes a lengthy summary of the son Francis Newbery's autobiography. The illustrated book contains a number of appendices including John Newbery's will, lists of his publications and some of the newspapers with which he was associated.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49122145632483,"sku":"00000_00000_00000_00000","price":48.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0764\/3758\/6147\/files\/9781108012799-1.jpg?v=1788370125","url":"https:\/\/usa.kinokuniya.com\/products\/9781108012799","provider":"Books Kinokuniya USA","version":"1.0","type":"link"}