W. H. Allen & Co.

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]

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

  1. 1 2 3 "Kingsbury, Parbury and Allen". Data.bnf.fr. Bibliothèque nationale de France. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
  2. ↑ Theo D'haen; et al., eds. (2012). Routledge Companion to World Literature. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-136-65575-3.
  3. ↑ "Obituary", The Bookseller, London, 2 June 1877
  4. ↑ Post Office London Directory for 1820, Critchett & Woods
  5. 1 2 London Gazette, 30 January 1827
  6. ↑ Leigh's New Picture of London. Samuel Leigh. 1827.
  7. ↑ "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
    • Catalogue of Books in Oriental Literature...Published or Imported by Wm. H. Allen and Co., Booksellers to the Honourable East-India Company. London. 1837.
  • 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 2011-07-06. Oxford University
    • John Thompson Platts (1892). A grammar of the Hindūstānī or Urdū language. LONDON: W.H. Allen. p. 399. Retrieved 2011-07-06. the New York Public Library


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