STRAHAN PAPERS. Vols. I, II (ff. i + 164, i + 85). Receipts and payments accounts of W. Strahan for printing work; Vol. I, 1739-1768; Vol. II, 1768-1785. Folio and quarto. White vellum binding.
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William Strahan, formerly Strachan; printer: Account-books, papers, etc., rel. to his and his successors' business and estate: 1739-1855, n.d.
STRAHAN PAPERS. Account-books and other business papers of William Strahan (formerly Strachan), printer (b. 1715, d. 1785), and his successors and associates in the printing trade, his younger son, Andrew Strahan (b. 1750, d. 1831), his nephews, Andrew (b. 1787, d. 1866) and Robert (b. 1791, d. 1832) Spottiswoode, William Preston (b. 1742, d. 1818), and Thomas Clark Shaw (d. 1854); 1739-1880, n.d. Used by R. A. Austen-Leigh for his history of the firm, The Story of a Printing House, 1911, 2...
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Booksellers: Papers of members of the Strahan and Spottiswoode families: 1739-1880, n.d. Bibliography: Papers of members of the Strahan and Spottiswoode families as printers and publishers: 1739-1880, n.d. Accounts: Strahan and Spottiswoode families, as printers, etc.: 1739-1880, n.d.
STRAHAN PAPERS. Vol. III (ff. 18). Weekly (Aug. 1739-Dec. 1751) and monthly (Jan. 1752-Dec. 1783) analyses of receipts and payments; 1739-1783. Compiled by Strahan from his cash books (see notes on f. 1) and preceded (f. 2) by a summary of the analyses under years. Quarto. William Strahan, form...
STRAHAN PAPERS. Vols. IV, V (ff. ii+ 103, 14). Accounts of W. Strahan for printing work; 1752-1768. 48803 A is preceded (ff. lb-13) by an index and (ff. i, 1) by miscellaneous addresses, etc., and followed (ff. 102b-103b) by notes of birthdays, etc., of his family and friends, 1715- 1781, and lists of his apprentices, 1739-1778, and miscellaneous notes (f. ii). 48803 B comprises a single gathering of similar accounts, 1765-1768, preceded (f. i) by a list of 'Work unfinished January 1 1768'. ...
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William Strahan, formerly Strachan; printer: Account-books, papers, etc., rel. to his and his successors' business and estate: 1739-1855, n.d.
STRAHAN PAPERS. Vols. VI-VIII. Lists of purchases by W. Strahan of fractions of copyrights, giving details of works and their vendors, prices paid, and, in 48806 only, notes of a few resales. 48804 and 48806 are arranged under letters of the alphabet, and 48805, from which 48804 is partly copied, chronologically, with an index prefixed on ff. lb-2. 48806 corresponds fairly closely with 48804. Three volumes.
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William Strahan, formerly Strachan; printer: Account-books, papers, etc., rel. to his and his successors' business and estate: 1739-1855, n.d.