W. H. Allen & Co.
| Status | Active |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1835 |
| Successor | Virgin Books |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Headquarters location | London |
| Publication types | Books |
William H. Allen and Company (est. 1835) was a bookselling and publishing business in London, England,[1] known for issuing works related to the British colonies.[2] It operated from headquarters in Leadenhall Street, later moving to Waterloo Place. Owners and staff included James P. Allen, William Ferneley Allen (d.1877), and William Houghton Allen.[3] W. H. Allen is now an imprint of Ebury Press (itself a division of Penguin Random House).
Predecessors[]
- Black, Kingsbury, and Parbury
- Black, Kingsbury, Parbury and Allen, 1818–1822[1][4]
- Kingsbury, Parbury, and Allen, 1822–1827 (William Houghton Allen, Thomas Kingsbury, Charles Parbury)[5][1]
- Parbury, Allen, and Co., 1827–1834 (William Houghton Allen, Charles Parbury)[5][6][7]
- Parbury and Allen
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Kingsbury, Parbury and Allen". Data.bnf.fr. Bibliothèque nationale de France. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
- ^ Theo D'haen; et al., eds. (2012). Routledge Companion to World Literature. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-136-65575-3.
- ^ "Obituary", The Bookseller, London, 2 June 1877
- ^ Post Office London Directory for 1820, Critchett & Woods, hdl:2027/njp.32101073399170
- ^ Jump up to: a b Britain, Great (30 January 1827), London Gazette
- ^ Leigh's New Picture of London. Samuel Leigh. 1827.
- ^ "Parbury, Allen, and Co". WorldCat. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
Bibliography[]
- issued by the firm
- Asiatic Journal
- The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Register for British and Foreign India, China, and Australasia. New Series. XXVI. Wm. H. Allen and Co. May–August 1838. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
- East India Company (1832). The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Miscellany, Volume 8. Wm. H. Allen & Company. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
- The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Miscellany, Volume 26. Wm. H. Allen & Company. 1838. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
- Asiatic Journal and Monthly Miscellany. Wm. H. Allen & Company. 1839. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
- The Asiatic journal and monthly register for British and foreign India, China and Australasia, Volume 29. Allen. 1839. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
- The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Miscellany, Volume 9. Wm. H. Allen & Company. 1882. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
- Asiatic Journal, Volume 9. Parbury, Allen, and Company. 1832. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
- Catalogs
- A grammar of the Hindūstānī or Urdū language
- John Thompson Platts (1874). A grammar of the Hindūstānī or Urdū language. Volume 6423 of Harvard College Library preservation microfilm program. LONDON: W.H. Allen. p. 399. Retrieved 6 July 2011.
|volume=has extra text (help)Oxford University - John Thompson Platts (1892). A grammar of the Hindūstānī or Urdū language. LONDON: W.H. Allen. p. 399. Retrieved 6 July 2011.the New York Public Library
- John Thompson Platts (1874). A grammar of the Hindūstānī or Urdū language. Volume 6423 of Harvard College Library preservation microfilm program. LONDON: W.H. Allen. p. 399. Retrieved 6 July 2011.
- Dictionaries
- Platts, John Thompson (1884). A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English. London: W. H. Allen & Co. OCLC 1243728973.
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