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Constable died of dropsy (which had plagued him for several years) at home, 3 Park Place in Edinburgh, on 21 July 1827, but his firm survived, and the Constable publishing business continued in the twentieth century, issuing a wide range of fiction and non-fiction books.
In the event, Constable did succeed in getting publication started, just before his death, in his early fifties, in July 1827. The first volume (1826) was a reprint, revised and enlarged, of Hall’s 1818 Account of a Voyage of Discovery to the West Coast of Corea .
Archibald Constable. Book collector and publisher Archibald Constable (1774–1827) was a rival of Blackwood, and also published Scott's work (Scott shopped around as he was not popular with publishers), advising him to publish the Waverley novels. Constable started to collect books from an early age, and was apprenticed to a bookseller at 14.
- Scotland
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- Calton Hill, Edinburgh
Death in 1827. Archibald Constable, bookseller and freeman, from 3 Park Place died on 21 July 1827 of a dropsy. The entry in the Old Parish Register for Leith South gives the date of burial...
Chronicles of the Canongate is a collection of stories by Sir Walter Scott, published in 1827 and 1828 in the Waverley novels series. They are named after the Canongate, in Edinburgh . 1st series (1827): 'Chrystal Croftangry's Narrative' 'The Highland Widow' 'The Two Drovers' The Surgeon's Daughter. 2nd series (1828):
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- 288 (Edinburgh Edition, 2000)
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The Oxford Companion to British History. Constable, Archibald (1774–1827). Publisher. Son of the earl of Kellie's land steward and apprenticed to Peter Hill, an Edinburgh bookseller, Constable soon established himself independently. Source for information on Constable, Archibald: The Oxford Companion to British History dictionary.
Profile. Born: 1774. Died: 1827. Share. Associated books. 3 results. John Smythe Memes. Memoirs Of Antonio Canova, With A Critical Analysis Of His Works, And An Historical View Of Modern Sculpture. ... By J.S. Memes, A.M. Member Of The Astronomical Society Of London, &c. - Edinburgh:: 1825. Robert Blair. The Grave, A Poem. By Robert Blair.
