John Murray (Firm)

Overview

Works:	1,837 works in 4,165 publications in 1 language and 32,733 library holdings
Genres:	History Guidebooks Poetry Personal correspondence Periodicals Wood engravings Records and correspondence Promotional materials Paranormal fiction Ghost stories
Roles:	Publisher, Printer, Monitor, Correspondent
Classifications:	QH11, 575.0162

Publication Timeline

Most widely held works about John Murray (Firm)

A publisher and his friends. Memoir and correspondence of the late John Murray, with an account of the origin and progress of the house, 1768-1843 by Samuel Smiles( Book )
At John Murray's; records of a literary circle, 1843-1892 by George Paston( Book )
Travels into print : exploration, writing, and publishing with John Murray, 1773-1859 by Innes M Keighren( )
The first John Murray and the late eighteenth-century London book trade : with a checklist of his publications by William Zachs( Book )
The seven lives of John Murray : the story of a publishing dynasty, 1768-2002 by Humphrey Carpenter( Book )

John Murray III, 1808-1892, a brief memoir by John Murray( Book )
Dear Mr Murray : letters to a gentleman publisher by David McClay( Book )
Handbook for travellers in Russia, Poland, and Finland : including the Crimea, Caucasus, Siberia, and central Asia by John Murray (Firm)( Book )
Byron : mad, bad and dangerous to know : a poet and his publisher( Visual )
John and A.H. Hallam Murray v. Walter and others by John Murray (Firm)( )
A publisher and his friends; memoir and correspondence of John Murray, with an account of the origin and progress of the house, 1768-1843 by Samuel Smiles( )
The handbook for travellers in Switzerland and the Alps of Savoy and Piedmont : including the Protestant valleys of the Waldenses( )
Ideas that shaped the world : an introduction to the John Murray archive( Book )
Handbook of London, past and present by Peter Cunningham( Book )
A publisher and his friends : memoir and correspondence of the late John Murray, with an account of the origin and progress of the house, 1768-1843 by Samuel Smiles( )
John Murray, 50 Albemarle Street, 1768-1930 by John Murray (Firm)( Book )
The portable paradise : Baedeker, Murray, and the Victorian guidebook by Jonathan Keates( Book )
The walks, promenades & gardens of Paris : described and considered in relation to the wants of our own cities : and of public and private gardens by William Robinson( Book )
Marmion : a tale of Flodden Field by Walter Scott( Book )
Description of the banquet given in honour of the Right Hon. Sir Robert Peel ... : on his election as lord rector of the University of Glasgow : detailing the proceedings at the election and inauguration, the addresses of various public bodies, and reports of the speeches at the dinner( )

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Most widely held works by John Murray (Firm)

The origin of species by means of natural selection, or, The preservation of favored races in the struggle for life by Charles Darwin( Book )

23 editions published between 1872 and 1900 in English and held by 538 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

States the evidence for a theory of evolution, explains how evolution takes place, and discusses instinct, hybrids, fossils, distribution, and classification

The Cornhill magazine( )

in English and held by 530 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Washington Irving and the House of Murray; Geoffrey Crayon charms the British, 1817-1856 by Washington Irving( Book )

3 editions published between 1969 and 1996 in English and held by 479 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The expression of the emotions in man and animals by Charles Darwin( Book )

3 editions published between 1872 and 1873 in English and held by 445 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

This book examines the display of emotions by humans and animals. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2004 APA, all rights reserved)

A handbook of Rome and its environs by John Murray (Firm)( Book )

38 editions published between 1858 and 2011 in English and held by 375 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Jane Welsh Carlyle : letters to her family, 1839-1863 by Jane Welsh Carlyle( Book )

1 edition published in 1924 in English and held by 313 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A handbook for travellers in Switzerland and the Alps of Savoy and Piedmont by John Murray (Firm)( Book )

54 editions published between 1838 and 1891 in English and held by 293 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

An 1844 impression of a French edition which includes Murray's London imprint. According to Lister's 'Bibliography of Murray's handbooks for travellers ... ' it is not possible to say whether this issue (or the 843 issue) were pirated or not

A handbook for travellers in Spain by Richard Ford( Book )

49 editions published between 1844 and 1904 in English and held by 287 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

En octubre de 1830, Richard Ford llegó a Sevilla con su familia y fijó su residencia allí durante más de tres años. En ese tiempo, recorrió gran parte del país a caballo o en diligencia, tomando nota de todo lo que veía y oía en una serie de cuadernos que llenó con descripciones de los monumentos y obras de arte que más le habían llamado la atención. A partir de estas notas, publicó en 1845 "A Handbook for Travellers in Spain", que despertó de inmediato una gran sensación en su pais. En el 150 aniversario de la muerte de Richard Ford, se recupera para la Biblioteca Turner el texto original, traducido por el escritor Jesús Pardo

The voyage of the Beagle by Charles Darwin( Book )

19 editions published between 1845 and 1897 in English and held by 285 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

This is Charles Darwin's chronicle of his five-year journey, beginning in 1831, around the world as a naturalist on the H.M.S. Beagle

A handbook for travellers on the continent : being a guide to Holland, Belgium, Prussia, northern Germany, and the Rhine from Holland to Switzerland : with map and plans by John Murray (Firm)( Book )

49 editions published between 1838 and 1875 in English and held by 247 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Sir Thomas More, or, Colloquies on the progress and prospects of society by Robert Southey( Book )

2 editions published between 1829 and 1831 in English and held by 245 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"His Colloquies of Society (1829) is a calm exposition of his mature social and political convictions: rejection of the Catholic claims and of constitutional reform, support for high taxation to redistribute wealth, and so on. The conversations are conducted with the ghost of Sir Thomas More, whose Utopia was a remote ancestor of pantisocracy. They are set in the neighbourhood of Keswick, and the beauty of the countryside tempers the generally gloomy tone of the conversation, as does the quiet of his splendid library" -ODNB

Discoveries in the ruins of Nineveh and Babylon : with travels in Armenia, Kurdistan and the desert : being the result of a second expedition undertaken for the trustees of the British Museum by Austen Henry Layard( Book )

3 editions published in 1853 in English and held by 241 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Samantha Mather survived one curse, and now she's having recurring dreams about the Titanic, and walking the deck with first-class passengers like her aunt and uncle. Then missives from the Titanic begin finding their way to her, along with haunting visions of people who went down with the ship. Her friends in the Descendants are determined to help Sam. First they must unravel who is behind the spell that is drawing her ever further into the dream ship-- and closer to sharing the same grim fate as its ghostly passengers

Living poets( Book )

1 edition published in 1974 in English and held by 234 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Elizabeth Barrett Browning : letters to her sister, 1846-1859 by Elizabeth Barrett Browning( Book )

1 edition published in 1929 in English and held by 228 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A handbook for travellers in India, Pakistan, Burma and Ceylon by John Murray (Firm)( Book )

17 editions published between 1919 and 1968 in English and Undetermined and held by 226 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The tragedy of Lord Kitchener by Reginald Baliol Brett Esher( Book )

1 edition published in 1921 in English and held by 216 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A sketch of the personality and trials of Field Marshal Horatio Herbert Kitchener particularly during World War I

Handbook for travellers in Ireland by John Murray (Firm)( Book )

34 editions published between 1866 and 1910 in English and held by 215 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A hand-book for travellers in Spain : and readers at home : describing the country and cities, the natives and their manners, the antiquities, religion, legends, fine arts, literature, sports, and gastronomy : with notices on Spanish history by Richard Ford( )

11 editions published in 1845 in English and held by 214 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Handbook for travellers in Scotland by John Murray (Firm)( Book )

39 editions published between 1867 and 1913 in English and held by 204 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Handbook for travellers in Southern Germany : being a guide to Würtemberg, Bavaria, Austria, Tyrol, Salzburg, Styria, &c., the Austrian and Bavarian Alps, and the Danube from Ulm to the Black Sea by John Murray (Firm)( Book )

41 editions published between 1837 and 1885 in English and held by 197 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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