What will the world say? : a novel

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Metadata

Title

Author

Gibbon, Charles, 1843-1890

Publisher

London : Chatto & Windus

Date

1890

Description

Publisher's advertisements appear before and after text. Advertisements after the text dated October, 1889.

Blackberries -- Robert Marjoribanks -- A suspicious character -- An "admirable Crichton" -- Thinking about it -- Under the willow -- Two women -- Whisperings of war -- The modern genii -- The hermit's cave -- Too late -- In the gloom -- Aladdin's lamp -- Confession -- "Parting is such sweet sorrow" -- The Major's tactics -- Bess Man

In publisher's binding, paper covered boards; advertisement for Pears soap on back cover; advertisements on pastedowns and flyleaves.

Format

383, 32 p. ; 18 cm.

Language

eng

Type

Yellowbacks

Publishers' advertisements 1889

Publishers' paper bindings (Binding)

Provenance

Athenaeum's copy stamped on t.p.: "Received Feb 3 1890 The Athenaeum."

Livezey Fund bookplate.

Author Biography

CHARLES GIBBON (1843-1890)

Born on the Isle of Man, but raised in Scotland, Charles Gibbon is little known today, but was popular in the 19th century. By 1864 he had launched his writing career with the three-volume Dangerous Connexions. Chiefly known for his “charming” stories and romances, Charles Gibbon is represented by 16 titles in the Athenaeum’s rare book collection, all published by Chatto & Windus.

About the Publisher

CHATTO & WINDUS

Most of the titles found in the Athenæum’s Yellowbacks collection were published by Chatto & Windus, a company with an office in the Piccadilly section of London. The business had originated with John Camden Hotten (1832-1870), whose small bookshop began in Piccadilly in the 1850s. After Hotten’s death Andrew Chatto, a junior partner, purchased the business and added W. E. Windus, a poet, as a partners. Chatto & Windus was formally launched around November 1, 1873 and began yellowback publishing in 1877; among their first titles were books by Wilkie Collins, who remained a popular yellowback author. Although Chatto & Windus had mostly finished with publishing new yellowback titles by 1899, the publisher continued to re-issue old titles. Like other Yellowback publishers Chatto & Windus advertised on both the back cover and the flyleaves, often including lists of their own book titles.

Citation

Gibbon, Charles, 1843-1890, “What will the world say? : a novel,” Yellowbacks, accessed May 1, 2024, http://omeka.philaathenaeum.org/yellowbacks/items/show/359.