Third in our series on Frankenstein related holdings from Peter Balestrieri. Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein was published in 1818 by the firm of Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor, & Jones. The deal worked by Percy Shelley called for printing five hundred copies, a short run even by the standards of the day. What kind of firm wasContinue reading “Conflicting views of Lackington’s – Publisher of Frankenstein – 3 pf 3 from Peter Balestrieri”