Smith, Elder & Co.

Smith, Elder & Co. was a british firm of publishers founded by George Smith (1789-1846) and Alexander Elder (1790-1876). In 1859, they published The Cornhill Magazine. The firm began as booksellers and stationers in Fenchurch Street, moving to 65 Cornhill in 1824, and moving to 15 Waterloo Place. It was also involved in agency and banking with a strong Indian connection. After the death of Reginald Smith (Smith's son-in-law), on 26 december 1916, the book rights and remaining stock of the firm were bought by John Murray in may 1917.

Between 1891 and 1915, the company published 15 novels, 139 short stories, 51 poems, 4 essays and 1 introduction written by Arthur Conan Doyle.

Conan Doyle published by Smith, Elder & Co.

1891

26.10.1891 : The White Company (3 vol.)

1892

26.03.1892 : The White Company (1 vol.)

1896

13.11.1896 : Rodney Stone (8 illustrations by Sidney Paget)

1897

14.05.1897 : Uncle Bernac
14.10.1897 : Uncle Bernac (2nd impression)

1898

01.02.1898 : The Tragedy of the Korosko
08.06.1898 : Songs of Action

1900

27.03.1900 : The Green Flag and Other Stories of War and Sport
23.10.1900 : The Great Boer War
02.11.1900 : The Great Boer War (2nd impression)
07.11.1900 : The Great Boer War (3rd impression)
14.11.1900 : The Great Boer War (4th impression)
22.11.1900 : The Great Boer War (5th impression)
04.12.1900 : The Great Boer War (6th impression)
12.12.1900 : The Great Boer War (7th impression)
18.12.1900 : The White Company (23rd impression) New and cheaper edition
19.12.1900 : The Great Boer War (8th impression)

1901

01.01.1901 : The Great Boer War (9th impression)
12.02.1901 : The Great Boer War (10th impression)
26.03.1901 : Rodney Stone (2nd impression) New and cheaper edition
27.04.1901 : The Great Boer War (11th impression)
17.06.1901 : The Great Boer War (12th impression)
15.11.1901 : The Great Boer War: A Two Years Record 1899-1901 (13th impression)
22.11.1901 : The Great Boer War: A Two Years Record 1899-1901 (14th impression)
---.12.1901 : The Great Boer War: A Two Years Record 1899-1901 (15th impression)

1902

16.01.1902 : The War in South Africa: Its Cause and Conduct
- Y rhyfel yn Neheudir Affrica (Welsh edition)
- De Oorlog in Zuid-Afrika (Dutch ed.)
- Der Krieg in Südafrika (German ed.)
- The War in South Africa: Its Cause and Conduct (colonial issue)
17.02.1902 : The War in South Africa: Its Cause and Conduct (2nd ed.)
21.02.1902 : The Great Boer War: A Two Years Record 1899-1901 (16th impression)
11.10.1902 : The Great Boer War (17th impression)
28.10.1902 : The Great Boer War (18th impression)

1903

07.10.1903 : The Great Boer War (18th impression)
---.---.1903 : Author's Edition (joint venture with D. Appleton & Co.)
- 01. The White Company
- 02. Micah Clarke
- 03. The Refugees
- 04. Rodney Stone
- 05. Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
- 06. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
- 07. A Study in Scarlet and The Sign of Four
- 08. The Great Shadow and Uncle Bernac
- 09. A Duet, with an Occasional Chorus
- 10. Tragedy of the Korosko and The Green Flag
- 11. The Stark Munro Letters and Round the Red Lamp
- 12. The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard

1905

05.04.1905 : Rodney Stone Waterloo Library
05.04.1905 : The White Company (26th impression) Waterloo Library
05.04.1905 : The Tragedy of the Korosko (2nd impression) Waterloo Library
05.04.1905 : The Green Flag and Other Stories of War and Sport Waterloo Library

1906