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Thomas Egerton was a bookseller and publisher in Whitehall, London c. 1750 –1830. With his brother and business partner John Egerton he took over the enterprise established by John Millan. For some years Egerton's office stood on Charing Cross. Books published included works by Jane Austen.
Thomas Egerton may refer to: Thomas Egerton (mercer) (by 1521–c. 1597), Under-Treasurer of the Royal Mint; Thomas Egerton (killed 1599) (1574–1599), MP for Cheshire; Thomas Egerton, 1st Viscount Brackley (1540–1617), Lord Keeper 1596–1616; Thomas Egerton, 1st Earl of Wilton (1749–1814) Thomas Egerton, 2nd Earl of Wilton ...
Egerton published the first edition of Pride and Prejudice in three hardcover volumes on 28 January 1813. It was advertised in The Morning Chronicle , priced at 18s. [33] Favourable reviews saw this edition sold out, with a second edition published in October that year.
19 de dez. de 2020 · Summary. The title-page of the first edition lists ‘T. Egerton, Military Library, Whitehall’ as publisher. He has sometimes been called ‘the obscure Mr Egerton’, but this applies only to his standing in the area of belles lettres.
Thomas Egerton, Viscount Brackley (born c. 1540—died March 15, 1617, London, England) was an English lawyer and diplomat who secured the independence of the Court of Chancery from the common-law courts, thereby formulating nascent principles of equitable relief.
Jane’s first publisher was Thomas Egerton, who ran a ‘Military Library’ in Whitehall. It is likely she secured this connection through Henry’s connections as a militia officer and army agent. Because she was an unknown writer, Egerton had published Sense and Sensibility in 1811 on commission, which meant that Jane herself took all the ...
Jane’s brother Henry agreed to become her informal literary agent and secured her a publisher, Thomas Egerton, who published the novel on commission (meaning that the author took the financial risk, rather than the publisher). Sense & Sensibility appeared at the end of October 1811.
