D. Appleton & Company

D. Appleton & Company was an American publishing company founded by Daniel Appleton, who opened a general store which included books.The company's publications gradually extended over the entire field of literature.It issued the works of contemporary scientists, including those of Herbert Spencer, John Tyndall, Thomas Huxley, Charles Darwin, and others, at reasonable prices.Medical books formed a special department, and books in the Spanish language for the South America market, including the works of Rafael Pombo, were a specialty which the firm made its own.In belles lettres and American history, it had a strong list of names among its authors.
Daniel AppletonAppleton-Century-CroftsNew York CityWilliam Henry AppletonGeorge Swett Appletongeneral storeHerbert SpencerJohn TyndallThomas HuxleyCharles DarwinSpanish languageSouth AmericaRafael Pombobelles lettresThe Century CompanyBostonJonathan LeavittWilliam Masonsubscription publishingAppleton's JournalPopular Science MonthlyEdward L. YoumansWilliam Tecumseh ShermanAppleton's MagazineAmerican Book CompanyFrank Lebby StantonPopular ScienceHarper'sRevell PublishingF. S. Crofts CoThe Red Badge of CourageStephen CraneJoel Chandler HarrisAlice's Adventures in WonderlandLewis CarrollFrancis L. HawksAppletons' Cyclopædia of American BiographyJames Grant WilsonJohn FiskeAppleton's Railroad and Steamboat GuideNew American CyclopediaGeorge RipleyCharles Anderson DanaProgress and PovertyAnnual CyclopediaJohnson's Universal CyclopaediaCharles Kendall AdamsUniversal CyclopaediaRossiter JohnsonUniversal Cyclopaedia and AtlasThe Century Dictionary and CyclopediaNew Century DictionaryPicturesque AmericaWilliam Cullen BryantJonathan EdwardsHenry JamesEdith WhartonStanford WhiteThomas Henry HuxleyUlrich Bonnell PhillipsThe Rise and Fall of the Confederate GovernmentJefferson DavisA Journey in Other WorldsJohn Jacob AstorRobbins & Appleton BuildingAmerican CyclopædiaAppletons' travel guidesThe New York TimesEncyclopedia Americana