Knight, Charles 1791-1873

Overview

Works:	711 works in 2,652 publications in 2 languages and 17,626 library holdings
Genres:	History Periodicals Biography Bibliography Criticism, interpretation, etc Glossaries, vocabularies, etc Dictionaries Travel writing Bibliographies Illustrated works
Roles:	Author, Editor, Other, Composer, Publisher, Recipient, Creator, Compiler, Adapter, Printer
Classifications:	PR2753, 822.33

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Most widely held works about Charles Knight

Passages of a working life during half a century: with a prelude of early reminiscences by Charles Knight( Book )
Remarks on Mr. J.P. Collier's and Mr. C. Knight's editions of Shakespeare by Alexander Dyce( Book )
Charles Knight : educator, publisher, writer by Valerie Gray( Book )
Passages from the life of Charles Knight by Charles Knight( Book )
Charles Knight; a sketch by Alice A Clowes( Book )

Charles Knight : an appreciation and bibliography of the work of a great Victorian publisher by Charles C. F Morbey( Book )
Godfrey of Bulloigne; or, The recovery of Jerusalem: by Torquato Tasso( Book )
The history of England from the commencement of the XIXth century to the Crimean War by Harriet Martineau( Book )
Windsor and Eton Express 1812-1830 : the Charles Knight years by Brigitte Mitchell( Book )
Charles Knight and printing in the early nineteenth century( Book )
An essay on Charles Knight's Imperial Shakspere, embracing biographical sketches of author, editor, artists, engravers, etc. with R.H. Stoddard's poem, recited by Edwin Booth at the unveiling of the Shakspere monument, Central Park, New York, May 23, 1872 by John C Yorston( Book )
The works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare( Book )
Charles Knight manuscript material : 4 items by Charles Knight( )
Portrait and letter by Charles Knight( )
William Hepworth Dixon papers by William Hepworth Dixon( )
Autograph letter signed from Charles Knight, Hampstead, to George Routledge by Charles Knight( )
John Wilson Croker collection by John Wilson Croker( )
Autograph letter signed from Charles Knight to William Ayrton by Charles Knight( )
Autograph letter signed from Charles Knight, London, to William Widlow Reid by Charles Knight( )
Autograph letters signed from Charles Knight, Highgate and Hampstead, to various recipients by Charles Knight( )

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Most widely held works by Charles Knight

The results of machinery, namely, cheap production and increased employment exhibited : being an address to the working-men of the United Kingdom by Charles Knight( )

49 editions published between 1831 and 2012 in English and held by 1,004 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

London by Charles Knight( Book )

21 editions published between 1841 and 1878 in English and held by 486 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

William Shakspere; a biography by Charles Knight( Book )

74 editions published between 1842 and 2013 in English and Undetermined and held by 481 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

William Shakespeare, 1564-1616, English dramatist

Half-hours with the best authors. With short biographical and critica notices by Charles Knight( Book )

113 editions published between 1848 and 1900 in English and held by 466 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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Shadows of the old booksellers by Charles Knight( Book )

45 editions published between 1865 and 2012 in English and German and held by 464 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Mind amongst the spindles : a miscellany, wholly composed by the factory girls by Charles Knight( )

17 editions published between 1844 and 1999 in English and held by 439 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The Penny magazine of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain)( )

in English and held by 412 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Capital and labour; including the results of machinery by Charles Knight( Book )

23 editions published between 1845 and 1988 in English and held by 380 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Old England : a pictorial museum of regal, ecclesiastical, municipal, baronial, and popular antiquities by Charles Knight( Book )

31 editions published between 1844 and 1994 in English and held by 357 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

William Caxton, the first English printer: a biography by Charles Knight( Book )

34 editions published between 1844 and 2010 in English and held by 350 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The struggles of a book against excessive taxation by Charles Knight( )

23 editions published between 1850 and 2010 in English and held by 350 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The works of Shakspere by William Shakespeare( Book )

34 editions published between 1850 and 1881 in English and held by 342 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The old printer and the modern press by Charles Knight( Book )

25 editions published between 1854 and 2012 in English and held by 303 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Part I, "The old printer", is a revised edition of the author's "William Caxton", 1844; pt. II. "The modern press" is "a view of the progress of the press to our own day, especially in relation to ... cheap popular literature."

The history of England during the thirty years' peace: 1816-1846 by Harriet Martineau( Book )

16 editions published between 1849 and 1987 in English and held by 300 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Knight's quarterly magazine( )

in English and held by 273 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Knowledge is power: a view of the productive forces of modern society, and the results of labour, capital, and skill by Charles Knight( )

31 editions published between 1855 and 2017 in English and held by 267 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Knight's penny magazine by Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain)( )

in English and Undetermined and held by 267 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Knight's cyclopædia of the industry of all nations. 1851 by Charles Knight( Book )

29 editions published between 1851 and 1990 in English and held by 249 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The rights of industry: addressed to the working-men of the United Kingdom by Charles Knight( )

22 editions published between 1831 and 2016 in English and held by 231 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare( Book )

66 editions published between 1800 and 1915 in English and held by 215 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Print featuring the complete works of William Shakespeare (from All's well that ends well to the sonnets) in very small text. Portions of text are printed in blue, creating a text portrait of William Shakespeare in pale blue against a gray background

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