Ward, Lock & Co.

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.

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)

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 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)

Ward, Lock & Bowden, Ltd.

1893

in 1893 : A Study in Scarlet (Warwick House Library No. 1) with 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 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 note by Dr. Joseph Bell

Ward, Lock & Co., Ltd.

in 1896 : A Study in Scarlet (Warwick House Library No. 1) with note by Dr. Joseph Bell

1898

in 1898 : A Study in Scarlet (Warwick House Library No. 1) with 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 note by Dr. Joseph Bell

1901

in 1901 : A Study in Scarlet (Warwick House Library No. 1) with note by Dr. Joseph Bell

1902

in 1902 : A Study in Scarlet (Warwick House Library No. 1) with 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