BENTLEY PAPERS. Vols. XXV, XXVI ( ff. 240, 199 ). Journals, containing quarterly records of general expenditure; 20 May 1861- 30 June 1869, 30 June 1869 - Sept . 1877.
BENTLEY PAPERS. Vols. XXIX-XXXII. Outlay day books, containing quarterly ( and in Vol. XXXII monthly ) records of trade payments; 7 May 1877- Oct. 1898.
BENTLEY PAPERS. Vols. XXXIII, XXXIV ( ff. ii + 279, i + 121). Outlay ledgers relating to trade accompts; 1 Apr. 1881- 31 Mar. 1896, 1 Apr. 1896- 30 Nov. 1898. Indexes are included at the beginning of each volume.
BENTLEY Papers. Vols. XXXVI-XLII. Publication ledgers; 2 Apr. 1855- Aug. 1898 ( with, in Vol. XXXVI, f. 96b, notes of accompts, 13 July 1829- May 1830 ). An index of publications is included in each volume except Vol. XLII. On Vol. XXXVI see J. Sutherland, 'The Economics of the Victorian Three-Volume Novel', Business Archives, new ser., iii, 1976, pp. 25-30.
BENTLEY PAPERS. Vols. LII - LXVII. Agreements with authors, publishers and others, together with letters and papers relating to terms of publication and copyright; 13 Jan. 1827- 5 Dec. 1899, n.d. Partly printed forms with MS. supplements.
BENTLEY PAPERS. Vols. LXIX-LXXI. Agreements registers, being registers mainly of documents contained in Vols. LII - LXVII, together with publication records and some biographical information; 17 Jan. 1829- 8 Dec. 1898. Separate indexes of authors and titles of books are included in each volume.
Vol. LXXIII ( ff. 221, 208 ). Papers, etc., relating to the partnership between Richard Bentley I and Henry Colburn, including draft bills in Chancery; 9 May 1823 - 30 Dec. 1834, 1 Jan. 1835- 9 Jan. 1846, n.d.
Scope & Content:
Henry Colburn, publisher: Correspondence with R. Bentley, and papers, etc., rel. to their partnership: 1823-1846, n.d.: Partly copies. Partly signed.