Details for: PURKESS, George

Name: PURKESS, George
County: London
Town: London
Address(es): 60 Dean St, Soho
Book Trades: Bookseller, Stationer
Non-Book Trade: Not known
Trading Dates: 1833 (date from imprint) - 1862
Biographical Dates: 1833 (before) - 1862
Notes:
Sources:
  • Brown, Philip A.H., London Publishers and Printers c. 1800-1870 (London, 1982)
  • Pigot, James & Slater, Isaac, Commercial Directory and London & Provincial New Commercial Directory, covering various parts of the country and issued:
      1814, 1816, 1818 and 1819
      1820, 1821, 1822, 1823, 1824, 1825 and 1826
      1827, 1828, 1829 and 1830
     1831, 1832, 1833, 1834, 1835, 1836, 1837, 1838, 1839 and 1840
      1841, 1842, 1844, 1846 and 1847
      1848, 1849, 1850, 1851, 1852, 1854 and 1855
    For fuller transcriptions of titles see Norton, Jane E., Guide to the National and Provincial Directories of England and Wales, excluding London, published before 1856 (London, 1950)
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  • Sussex information from imprints from booksellers' catalogues, various
  • 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).
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