Social Victorians/People/Redway

Also Known As

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  • Family name: Redway
  • George Redway was a "small London publisher who specialized in occult books and also sold them second-hand" (Howe?).

Demographics

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  • Nationality:

Family

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Acquaintances, Friends and Enemies

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Organizations

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  • George Redway publishing (1610?–1900)

Timeline

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1887, Redway published Waite's The Real History of the Rosicrucians (Howe 85 38-39, n. 2).

1900, Redway's business failed about 1900 (Howe 85 38-39, n. 2).

1907, George Redway published Mathers's The Kabbalah Unveiled, having bought the copyright for £35 (Howe 85 38-39, n. 2).

Questions and Notes

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  1. A George Redway publisher is still in business, has been, apparently, since 1610. Is this the same concern?
  2. Redway acquired Walter Moseley's books on the occult, "including a number of Hockley manuscripts" (Howe 85 39, n. 3).

Bibliography

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  • Not in the DNB and not in Wikipedia.