John Dicks (publisher)


John Thomas Dicks was a publisher in London in the 19th century. He issued popular, affordably priced fiction and drama, such as "shilling Shakespeares and wonderfully cheap reprints of Scott and other standard authors." Earlier in his career he worked with Peter Perring Thoms and George W. M. Reynolds. Employees included illustrator Frederick Gilbert. Readers included Thomas Burt and Havelock Ellis. Dicks retired in the 1870s, when his sons took over the firm which continued into the 1960s.

Works issued by John Dicks

NumberTitleAuthorImageFulltext
10Iron ChestGeorge Colman
14HoneymoonJohn Tobin
354Alice Gray, the suspected oneJohn T. Haines
368Factory Assassin
388Bleak HouseGeorge Lander, adapted from Charles Dickens
398Old Curiosity ShopGeorge Lander, adapted from Charles Dickens
400Jane Eyre
409Culprit; and, The boarding school
460Black DoctorIra Aldridge
465St. Patrick's DayRichard Brinsley Sheridan
469Nicholas NicklebyH. Simms, adapted from Charles Dickens
485Yew tree ruinsJohn Thomas Haines
561Pic-Nic and The Railway Hotel
571Infant PhenomenonH. Horncastle, adapted from Charles Dickens
571Captain CuttleJohn Brougham
626Jane, the Licensed Victualler's DaughterJ.P. Hart
636Bardell & PickwickAdapted from Charles Dickens
641Factory BoyJohn Thomas Haines
666Bringing Home the Bride
669Angeline
671Noyades
673Love, Law and Physic
790Factory StrikeG.F. Taylor
809Lesson for LadiesJohn Baldwin Buckstone
898Court BeautiesJames Planché
930Factory LadJohn Walker
1001Battle of LifeAdapted from Charles Dickens
1004Nine too manyJ.B. Buckstone
1004WigwamShirley Brooks
1052No Thoroughfare

Fiction

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