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| Size | 16.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 390 items) |
| Abstract | J.M. Dent & Sons, book publishers of London, England, was founded in 1888 by Joseph Malaby Dent (1859-1926). The company achieved success by selling cheap editions of the classics to the working class. Dent's first major production, the Temple Shakespeare series, was established in 1894, followed in 1906 by Everyman's Library, a series of 1000 volumes. Eventually, Dent's publishing activities expanded to include textbooks, children's books, educational books, self-help books, and travel guides. Dent remained in the forefront of the publishing field by expanding sales to foreign markets, including Australia, Canada, France, New Zealand, South Africa, and the United States. The collection consists of woodblocks, along with a small number of metal plates, used in the production of select Dent publications. |
| Creator | J.M. Dent & Sons. |
| Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Rare Book Collection. |
| Language | English |
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J.M. Dent & Sons, book publishers of London, England, was founded in 1888 by Joseph Malaby Dent (1859-1926). The company achieved success by selling cheap editions of the classics to the working class. Dent's first major production, the Temple Shakespeare series, was established in 1894, followed in 1906 by Everyman's Library, a series of 1000 volumes. Eventually, Dent's publishing activities expanded to include textbooks, children's books, educational books, self-help books, and travel guides. Dent remained in the forefront of the publishing field by expanding sales to foreign markets, including Australia, Canada, France, New Zealand, South Africa, and the United States.
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The collection consists of woodblocks, along with a small number of metal plates, used in the production of select Dent publications. Included are engraved woodblocks for the color illustrations by Rackham in Thomas Barham's The Ingoldsby Legends, by M. and E. Detmold in Pictures from Birdland, by Eric Fitch Daglish in The Birds of British Isles, and by Clare Oldham in The Backwood Book.
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J.M. Dent & Sons Woodblocks, 1899-1968 and undated.
The collection consists of woodblocks, along with a small number of metal plates, used in the production of select Dent publications. Included are engraved woodblocks for the color illustrations by Rackham in Thomas Barham's The Ingoldsby Legends, by M. and E. Detmold in Pictures from Birdland, by Eric Fitch Daglish in The Birds of British Isles, and by Clare Oldham in The Backwood Book.
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