Hurst and Blackett was a publisher founded in 1852 by Henry Blackett (26 May 1825 – 7 March 1871), the grandson of a London shipbuilder, and Daniel William Stow Hurst (17 February 1802 – 6 July 1870). Shortly after the formation of their partnership Hurst and Blackett took over the business of the long established publisher

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, for whom Daniel Hurst had worked for some years, and their earliest publications displayed "Successors to Henry Colburn" on the title pages. This was subsequently replaced by the epithet "Publishers since 1812", probably in reference to the date when Henry Colburn had commenced publishing. Four of Henry Blackett's sons became publishers. Hurst and Blackett were located on

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, where Henry Colburn had maintained his premises, and later at Paternoster House,

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, London and had offices in New York and Melbourne. They were taken over by Hutchinson, which later became part of

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Book series

* Arcadian Novels * Hurst & Blackett's Colonial Library * Hurst and Blackett's Copyright Novels * Hurst and Blackett's 6d. Copyright Novels * Hurst and Blackett's 1/- net Novels * Hurst & Blackett's 7d. Novels * Hurst & Blackett's Famous Copyright Novels * Hurst & Blackett's Famous 6d. Novels * Hurst and Blackett's Standard Library * Kiddi-logues Series * Paternoster Library * Toucan NovelsThe Toucan Novels: Just think what Toucan do
paperbackrevolution.wordpress.com. Retrieved 26 October 2020. * The Valentine Romance Club series

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