| Description | Records, 1850-1984, of Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd and its predecessors:
Records of George Routledge & Co:
Publication Books, 1850-1902, with imperfect indexes;
Publishing Journals, 1902-1948, containing publishing details of books first published between 1902 and 1930, including details of subsequent editions, and all containing letters and notes referring to the publications list
Contracts, 1853-1899;
Wage Books, 1869-1946, two of them indexed;
'Book of the Year 1897', described as a chronicle of the times and a record of events, mainly comprising letters of thanks to Edmund Routledge from or on behalf of recipients of his new work of that name, including the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII), Lord Salisbury, and the Archbishop of Canterbury (Frederick Temple), and also including copies of a 'Sketch' interview with Routledge, 1898, with a photograph of him;
volume of miscellaneous sales extracts, 1898-1905;
Indexes, 1904-1914, giving a secondary arrangement of reprints of works according to their series or library.
Records of J C Nimmo Ltd:
Contracts with related correspondence, 1889-1904;
notes assessing the value of bookstock near the time of the merger with Routledge, c1904.
Records of Nicholas Trubner:
Publication Books, 1851-1897;
Publication Account Books, 1854-1893.
Records of Henry S King, continued in use under Kegan Paul, Trench & Co, and of Kegan Paul, Trench, Trbner & Co Ltd.
Publication Books, 1871-1912;
Publication Account Books, 1877-1883;
Publication Ledgers: Royalty and Commission Accounts, 1882-1893, 1896-1932, indexed;
Indexes to the Publication and Publication Account Books, two arranged by author, one by title;
Contracts with authors, 1871-1911, arranged alphabetically;
Publication Account Books to various categories of publications, 1883-1914;
Print and Paper books, 1882-1915, indexed;
Sheet Stock & Binding Books, 1890-1907, indexed.
Records of Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd:
Stock Books, 1902-1948, including:
Commission Stock Books, 1912-1922;
Quire Stock Books, 1902-1937;
Royalty Accounts, 1906-1939;
General Indexes;
Trade Accounts, giving details of business with British and foreign booksellers, 1933-1952;
Bills Receivable, 1951;
Petty Cash book, 1953-1963;
Keyser & Co Account Books, 1928-1958;
Book reviews, 1934-1956;
Dividend warrants, 1950-1952;
Miscellaneous catalogues, 1964-1973;
Prospectuses
Various miscellaneous ephemeral material.
Printed catalogues to published works, partial before 1912 but almost complete thereafter, including:
George Routledge & Co, 1852-1909;
Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co, c1877-1910;
Nicholas Trubner [1869], 1882, 1888; 57 volumes for
Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1912-1973.
There are no copybooks of general correspondence nor letters from authors except those attached to contracts. |