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[[File:stud-1889-ward-lock-2ed.jpg|thumb|200px|right|[[A Study in Scarlet]] (1888, 2nd imp.)]]

''Ward, Lock & Co.'' was a British publishing company based in London, founded by ''Ebenezer Ward'' and ''George Lock'' in 1854. In 1882 offices were opened in New York, and in 1884 in Melbourne. In the mid-1890s, the company opened an office in Toronto, Canada; however, this was closed in 1919.

* In 1891, James Bowden became a managing partner: '''Ward, Lock, Bowden & Co.'''
* In 1893, the company became ''Limited'' : '''Ward, Lock & Bowden, Ltd.'''
* In 1896, James Bowden left the company : '''Ward, Lock & Co., Ltd.'''

Between 1888 and 1926, the company published 2 novels written by [[Arthur Conan Doyle]].


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== Conan Doyle published by Ward, Lock & Co. ==

=== Ward, Lock & Co. ===


'''1887'''
* ---.11.1887 : [[A Study in Scarlet]] (in their magazine ''Beeton's Christmas Annual'')
'''1888'''
* 02.07.1888 : [[A Study in Scarlet]] (6 illustrations by [[Charles Altamont Doyle]])
'''1889'''
* 03.1889 : [[A Study in Scarlet]]
'''1890'''
* 08.1890 : [[The Sign of Four]] (in ''Six Complete Novels by Famous Authors'')


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=== Ward, Lock, Bowden & Co. ===


'''1891'''
* 02.1891 : [[The Sign of Four]] (in ''Five Complete Novels by Famous Authors'')
* 08.1891 : [[The Sign of Four]] (in ''Five Complete Novels by Famous Authors'')
* 12.1891 : [[A Study in Scarlet]] (''Warwick House Library'' No. 1) 42 ill. by [[George Hutchinson]]
'''1892'''
* in 1892 : [[A Study in Scarlet]] (''Warwick House Library'' No. 1) 2nd imp.
* in 1892 : [[A Study in Scarlet|A Study in Scarlet, A Detective Story]] (''Warwick House Library'' No. 1) 3rd imp.
* in 1892 : [[A Study in Scarlet]] (''Warwick House Library'' No. 1) 4th imp.
* in 1892 : [[A Study in Scarlet]] (''Colonial Library'')


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=== Ward, Lock & Bowden, Ltd. ===


'''1893'''
* in 1893 : [[A Study in Scarlet]] (''Warwick House Library'' No. 1) with [[The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (article 1892)|Mr. Sherlock Holmes]], a note by Dr. [[Joseph Bell]], 42 ill. by [[George Hutchinson]]
'''1894'''
* in 1894 : [[A Study in Scarlet]] (''Warwick House Library'' No. 1) with [[The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (article 1892)|note]] by Dr. [[Joseph Bell]]
'''1895'''
* 12.1895 : [[A Study in Scarlet]] (''Windsor Edition'' No. 17) 7 ill. by [[James Greig]] 
'''1896'''
* in 1896 : [[A Study in Scarlet]] (''Warwick House Library'' No. 1) with [[The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (article 1892)|note]] by Dr. [[Joseph Bell]]


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=== Ward, Lock & Co., Ltd. ===

* in 1896 : [[A Study in Scarlet]] (''Warwick House Library'' No. 1) with [[The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (article 1892)|note]] by Dr. [[Joseph Bell]]
'''1898'''
* in 1898 : [[A Study in Scarlet]] (''Warwick House Library'' No. 1) with [[The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (article 1892)|note]] by Dr. [[Joseph Bell]]
'''1899'''
* 09.1899 : [[A Study in Scarlet]] (''Sixpenny Novels'')
'''1900'''
* in 1900 : [[A Study in Scarlet]] (''Warwick House Library'' No. 1) with [[The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (article 1892)|note]] by Dr. [[Joseph Bell]]
'''1901'''
* in 1901 : [[A Study in Scarlet]] (''Warwick House Library'' No. 1) with [[The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (article 1892)|note]] by Dr. [[Joseph Bell]]
'''1902'''
* in 1902 : [[A Study in Scarlet]] (''Warwick House Library'' No. 1) with [[The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (article 1892)|note]] by Dr. [[Joseph Bell]]
* in 1902 : [[A Study in Scarlet]] (''Windsor Library of Famous Books'' No. 96)
* 10.1902 : [[A Study in Scarlet]] (''Sixpenny Novels'')
'''1904'''
* in 1904 : [[A Study in Scarlet]] (''Warwick House Library'' No. 1) with [[The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (article 1892)|note]] by Dr. [[Joseph Bell]]
'''1905'''
* in 1905 : [[A Study in Scarlet]] (''Warwick House Library'' No. 1) with [[The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (article 1892)|note]] by Dr. [[Joseph Bell]]
'''1911'''
* 07.1911 : [[A Study in Scarlet]] (''Two Shilling Net Novels'')
'''1912'''
* 02.1912 : [[A Study in Scarlet]] (''Sevenpenny Novels'') frontispiece by [[James Greig]]
'''1917'''
* 09.1917 : [[A Study in Scarlet]] (''Cheap Edition'' 1/-)
'''1920'''
* 09.1920 : [[A Study in Scarlet]] (''Cheap Edition'' 2/-)
'''1925'''
* 05.1925 : [[A Study in Scarlet]] (''Cheap Edition'' 2/6)
'''1926'''
* 04.1926 : [[A Study in Scarlet]] (''Cheap Edition'' 9d)



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