John Noble (publisher)
John Noble (died 1797)Jane Marshall, John Robinson, and others. As part of his enterprise he ran a circulating library near Leicester Square that stocked some 5,535 titles by the 1760s.[2][3] By the late 1770s his business had been taken over by B. Desbrow. John's brother Francis Noble (d.1792) also worked in the book trade.[4]
Contemporary reviews of Noble's publications were mixed. A novel entitled False Gratitude (1773) was judged "extremely bad;"[5] Affected Indifference (1771) was "not void of interesting scenes ... tolerable entertainment to even a cultivated mind."[6]
References
- doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/75459. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- OL 14020865M
- JSTOR 1006043.
- ^ Ian Maxted (2007), "Francis Noble", The London Book Trades 1775-1800: a preliminary checklist of members, Exeter Working Papers in British Book Trade History
- ^ "Impartial Review of New Publications", London Magazine, January 1773
- ^ Monthly Review, quoted in Universal Catalogue, J. Bell, 1772
Further reading
Published by John Noble
- C. L (1747). Advantages of the Succession of the House of Stewart to the Crown of Great Britain.
- Daniel Defoe (1754), The history of the great plague in London in the year 1665, London: F. and J. Noble, OL 24982398M
- Emily, Author of (1756). Emily, Or, The History of a Natural Daughter.
{{cite book}}:|first1=has generic name (help) - The Muse In Good Humour: A Collection Of Comic Tales (7th ed.). 1765.
- Catalogue of the Large and Valuable Collection of Books (both English, and French) in John Noble's Circulating Library. London. 1767.
- Affected Indifference: a Novel. 1771.
- The Indiscreet Connection; or, The History of Miss Lester, London: F. and J. Noble, at their respective Circulating Libraries, 1772
- (Includes list of Books Printed for F. and J. Noble)
- The Supposed Daughter: or, Innocent Imposter, 1773
- Memoirs of an American, with a Description of the Kingdom of Prussia, and the Island of St. Domingo, London: Printed for F. & J. Noble, 1773, OL 7040633M
- The Way to Please Him. 1773.
- The Way to Lose Him. 1773.
- The Disinterested Marriage, Or, The History of Mr. Frankland., 1774
Works about Noble
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External links
- Ian Maxted (2007), "John Noble", The London Book Trades 1775-1800: a preliminary checklist of members, Exeter Working Papers in British Book Trade History
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