W. H. Allen & Co.

William H. Allen and Company (est. 1835) was a bookselling and publishing business in London, England,[1] known for issuing works related to the British colonies.[2] It operated from headquarters in Leadenhall Street, later moving to Waterloo Place. Owners and staff included James P. Allen, William Ferneley Allen (d.1877), and William Houghton Allen.[3] W. H. Allen is now an imprint of Ebury Press (itself a division of Penguin Random House).

W. H. Allen & Co.

Status	Active
Founded	1835 (1835)
Successor	Virgin Books
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Headquarters location	London
Publication types	Books

Predecessors

• Black, Kingsbury, and Parbury
• Black, Kingsbury, Parbury and Allen, 1818–1822[1][4]
• Kingsbury, Parbury, and Allen, 1822–1827 (William Houghton Allen, Thomas Kingsbury, Charles Parbury)[5][1]
• Parbury, Allen, and Co., 1827–1834 (William Houghton Allen, Charles Parbury)[5][6][7]
• Parbury and Allen

See also

• George Parbury

References

1. "Kingsbury, Parbury and Allen". Data.bnf.fr. Bibliothèque nationale de France. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
2. Theo D'haen; et al., eds. (2012). Routledge Companion to World Literature. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-136-65575-3.
3. "Obituary", The Bookseller, London, 2 June 1877
4. Post Office London Directory for 1820, Critchett & Woods, hdl:2027/njp.32101073399170
5. Britain, Great (30 January 1827), London Gazette
6. Leigh's New Picture of London. Samuel Leigh. 1827.
7. "Parbury, Allen, and Co". WorldCat. Retrieved 1 February 2017.

Bibliography

issued by the firm

• Asiatic Journal
  • The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Register for British and Foreign India, China, and Australasia. New Series. XXVI. Wm. H. Allen and Co. May–August 1838. Retrieved 24 April 2014.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • East India Company (1832). The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Miscellany, Volume 8. Wm. H. Allen & Company. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
  • The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Miscellany, Volume 26. Wm. H. Allen & Company. 1838. Retrieved 24 April 2014.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Asiatic Journal and Monthly Miscellany. Wm. H. Allen & Company. 1839. Retrieved 24 April 2014.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • The Asiatic journal and monthly register for British and foreign India, China and Australasia, Volume 29. Allen. 1839. Retrieved 24 April 2014.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Miscellany, Volume 9. Wm. H. Allen & Company. 1882. Retrieved 24 April 2014.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Asiatic Journal, Volume 9. Parbury, Allen, and Company. 1832. Retrieved 24 April 2014.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Catalogs
  • Catalogue of Books in Oriental Literature...Published or Imported by Wm. H. Allen and Co., Booksellers to the Honourable East-India Company. London. 1837.
• A grammar of the Hindūstānī or Urdū language
  • John Thompson Platts (1874). A grammar of the Hindūstānī or Urdū language. Volume 6423 of Harvard College Library preservation microfilm program. LONDON: W.H. Allen. p. 399. Retrieved 6 July 2011.Oxford University
  • John Thompson Platts (1892). A grammar of the Hindūstānī or Urdū language. LONDON: W.H. Allen. p. 399. Retrieved 6 July 2011.the New York Public Library