Lindsay & Blakiston

Presley Blakiston (1813-1898) had a long career in the publishing business. This native of Philadehia began his career at the auction house of Moses Thomas & Sons. Subsequently he worked at Carey & Lea, Carey, Lea & Blanchard and Lea & Blanchard. He formed a partnership with Robert Lindsay in 1843.

Robert Lindsay (1803-1892) in his early years worked with book auctioneers. He was associated with De Silver, Herse and Lindsay beginning in 1829. This firm was a bookbinder as well as a publisher and bookseller. Lindsay bought out the interest of the bookbinding part of the company sometime thereafter. Subsequently he and Presley Blakiston establshed the new company.

At first the firm of Lindsay & Blakiston was in the bookselling, bookbinding and general book publishing business. By the early 1860's the firm began to specialize in the publication of medical books. In 1882 Lindsay retired and the firm soon thereafter added Blakiston's son Kenneth as a partner.