Knight, Charles 1791-1873

Overview

Works:	823 works in 2,774 publications in 2 languages and 18,252 library holdings
Genres:	History Periodicals Biography Bibliography Criticism, interpretation, etc Dictionaries Glossaries, vocabularies, etc Poetry Bibliographies Drama
Roles:	Author, Editor, Other, Publisher, Composer, Adapter, Compiler, Recipient, Creator, Printer

Publication Timeline

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 )
Passages of a working life during half a century : with a prelude of early reminiscences by Charles Knight( )
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 )
Charles Knight by Alice A Clowes( Book )
Knight & Co.'s list of ballot boxes, forms, and stamping instruments by J.A. Knight & Co( Book )
The works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare( Book )
Letter : to unknown person by Charles Knight( )
William Hepworth Dixon papers by William Hepworth Dixon( )
Autograph letter signed from Charles Knight to William Hepworth Dixon by Charles Knight( )
An essay on Charles Knight's Imperial Shakespeare, embracing biographical sketches of author, editor, artists, engravers, etc. with R.H. Stoddard's poem, recited by Edwin Booth at the unveiling of the Shakespeare monument, Central Park, New York, May 23, 1872 by John C Yorston( Book )
Autograph letters signed from Charles Knight, Highgate and Hampstead, to various recipients by Charles Knight( )
A life of Charles Knight, 1791-1873 : with special reference to his political and educational acativities by Alethea Constance Cherry( )

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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( )

55 editions published between 1831 and 2012 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,020 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

William Shakspere; a biography by Charles Knight( Book )

64 editions published between 1842 and 2012 in English and Undetermined and held by 478 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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

19 editions published between 1844 and 1999 in English and held by 453 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Shadows of the old booksellers by Charles Knight( Book )

37 editions published between 1865 and 2012 in English and German and held by 449 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 422 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

This primary source was published in the 19th century for the working class. It contained items of general interest including places, animals, manufacturing, tea and coffee and immigrant's problems

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

25 editions published between 1845 and 1988 in English and Undetermined and held by 382 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 Undetermined and held by 355 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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

22 editions published between 1850 and 2010 in English and held by 343 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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

26 editions published between 1854 and 2012 in English and held by 307 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 )

19 editions published between 1849 and 1987 in English and Undetermined and held by 305 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 1845 and 1989 in English and held by 304 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"Considered Knight's most important work in the field of color printing, this popular publication was originally issued in ninety-six parts during 1844 and 1845. It contains twenty-four colour plates and nearly 2500 wood engravings illustrative of every sort of English antiquity. Very large numbers of this book seem to have been produced, at least when compared to a work like Baxter's Pictorial Album, and thus Knight is credited with being the first publisher to make color illustrations available to a mass audience.". (Friedman) "a unique and wonderful publication." (Hardie) Burch, Colour Printing and Colour Printers, pp. 143-44. Friedman, Color Printing in England 1486-1870, 58. Hardie, English Coloured Books, p. 287. -- abebooks website

Half-hours with the best authors by Charles Knight( Book )

56 editions published between 1800 and 1900 in English and Undetermined and held by 279 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"Specimens of three hundred writers"--Advertisement

Knight's quarterly magazine( )

in English and held by 278 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 275 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( )

28 editions published between 1855 and 2012 in English and held by 273 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 Undetermined and held by 233 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

London, volume [I-VI] by Charles Knight( Book )

9 editions published between 1841 and 1851 in English and held by 227 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

London by Charles Knight( )

12 editions published in 1841 in English and Undetermined and held by 221 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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

23 editions published in 1851 in English and held by 219 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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