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<PublisherUpdate>
<Record>29551</Record>
<Subject>Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington</Subject>
<Submitter>Pwendt</Submitter>
<Note>London
1875 to 1890 or 1891
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Successor to {{publisher|Sampson Low, Marston, Low, and Searle}}, and others in turn
Succeeded 1890 or 1891 by {{publisher|Sampson Low, Marston & Company}}
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188 Fleet Street was the location of "Sampson Low" publishing businesses from 1867 to 1887.
--Wikipedia
As of 1873 as "... Low[,] and Searle", one title page and several newspaper advertisements imply this full address, but omit a piece or two:
: Crown Buildings, 188, Fleet-street, London, E.C.
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<b>Sampson Low</b> (1797–1886) was a bookseller and stationer from 1819. He and Sampson Low Jr (1822–1871) established the "dedicated publishing house" Sampson Low, Son & Co. in 1848. Low’s other son William Henry Low (d. 1881) was active after 1871. Low senior retired in 1875.
<b>Edward Marston</b>, <b>Samuel Warren Searle</b>, <b>William John Rivington</b>, and Marston’s son <b>Robert Marston</b> became partners in 1856, 1872, some year, and 1883.
--Source:
"Sampson Low & Co. (1825–1964)", <i>Dictionary of Nineteenth-century Journalism in Great Britain and Ireland</i>, eds. Laurel Brake and Marysa Demoor, Academia Press, 2009; p. 555 (books.google.com)</Note>
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<Webpage>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sampson_Low</Webpage>
<Webpage>https://books.google.com/books?id=qVrUTUelE6YC&pg=PA555#v=onepage&q&f=false</Webpage>
<Webpage>https://lccn.loc.gov/no2008108391</Webpage>
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