Deighton, Bell and Co., booksellers: business archive
Scope and Contents
The archive includes [A] retail, and [B] trade and publishing accounts, [C] stock books, [D] financial account books, [E] publishing contracts, [F] business correspondence, [G] testamentary and [J] property papers, and [K] Smith family papers.
Dates
- Creation: 1814-1981
Creator
- Deighton, Bell and Co., Cambridge, booksellers (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Extent
1 collection (paper) : paper
Language of Materials
English
Other Finding Aids
A detailed list, appended to Jonathan R. Topham, 'Two centuries of Cambridge publishing and bookselling: a brief history of Deighton, Bell & Co., 1778-1998, with a checklist of the archive', Transactions of Cambridge Bibliographical Society, XI:3 (1998), is available at the desk in the Manuscripts Room.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Deposited by Heffers Ltd, 1993.
Topical
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Cambridge University Library Repository
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