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James Lackington : [autobiography]

'Another book I read with much zest was the autobiography of Lackington, the bookseller, a copy of which amusing and instructive work I still possess and read occasionally.'

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: James Glass Bertram      Print: Book

James Lackington : Memoirs of the First Forty Five Years of the Life

'I went to Mr Gales to order two book which I saw at Birmingham [...] I brought the "Life of Lackington" from the Library who begun trade with #5 & now sells 100,000 volumes annually.'

Century: 1700-1799     Reader/Listener/Group: Joseph Hunter      Print: Book

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