Limbird, John

County:

London

Town:

London

Address(es):

Wardour St. 355 Strand. 143 Strand. 3 Savoy St

Book Trade(s):

Bookbinder, Bookseller, Printer, Publisher, Stationer

Non-Book Trade(s):

-

Trading Dates:

1822 – 1868

Biographical Dates:

1822 (or earlier) – 1883 (date of death)

Notes:

dressing-case mkr. Aka Limberd. Printer and publisher of 'The Mirror'.

  Abbreviations

Sources:

Brown, Philip A.H., London Publishers and Printers c. 1800-1870 (London, 1982)

Kelly's Post Office Directory of various counties with date

Extra source information: 1846

Léger-St-Jean, Marie. Price One Penny: A Database of Cheap Literature, 1837-1860. [19 March 2017]. Faculty of English, Cambridge [05 July 2017] (http://priceonepenny.info).

Ramsden, Charles, London Bookbinders, 1780-1840 (London, 1956)

Todd, William B., A Directory of printers and Others in Allied Trades: London and Vicinity, 1800-1840 (London, 1972)

Information from Tanya Schmoller for Yorkshire, based on Directories as follows:

  • BAILEY 1781
  • BAINES 1822/3
  • BLACKWELL 1828
  • BROWNELL 1817
  • GALES& MARTIN 1787
  • GELL 1825
  • GELL& BENNETT 1821
  • GLOVER 1827-9
  • PIGOT 1818, 1828/9, 1830, 1834, 1835, 1837, 1841
  • John ROBINSON 1797
  • ROBSON 1839
  • ROGERS 1841
  • SKETCHLEY 1774
  • WARDLE& BENTHAM 1814-15
  • WHITE 1833, 1834, 1837/8, 1841, 1845 and 1849
  • FREEMANTLE
  • UBD
  • SFIP
  • LP
  • Cem
  • York Poll Books 1741, 1758, 1774, 1784