31740179 http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6tq7mq1 revised SNAC: Social Networks and Archival Context English VIAF revised 2015-09-23 machine CPF merge program Merge v2.0 revised 2016-08-12T15:52:23 machine SNAC EAC-CPF Parser Bulk ingest into SNAC Database revised 2016-08-12T15:52:23 human System Service (system@localhost) created 2026-05-27 machine SNAC EAC-CPF Serializer SNAC Identity Constellation serialized to EAC-CPF /data/source/findingAids/nypl/brg19172.xml Tinsley, William, 1831-1902 person Tinsley, William, 1831-1902 presumed Tinsley, William (publisher) presumed 1831-07-13 1902-05-01 Publishers and publishing Publishers and publishing Authors and publishers Authors, English English literature Journalists Novelists, English Women authors, English England Great Britain

William Tinsley was born in Hertfordshire; he had little formal schooling, but spent time at his uncle's Toll House near London, where he gossiped with travellers, read the newspapers, and learned something of the world. He walked to London at the age of twenty-one to make his fortune, and opened a publishing house with his brother. They became prominent publishers, specializing in novels, and Tinsley associated with some of the key authors of his day, including Wilkie Collins and Thomas Hardy.

From the description of William Tinsley letters to Richard Bentley in regard to the publication of Rhoda Broughton's novel, Not Wisely, But Too Well, 1873-1875. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 71225955

The Tinsley brothers, Edward (1833-1866) and William (1831-1902), set up in the book trade business around 1854. They focused mainly on publishing fiction for the popular lending libraries, and specialized in luxuriously bound three-volume novels. In 1866, at the sudden death of Edward, William took over the management of the firm, which went bankrupt in 1878, although he continued to publish books under the supervision of trustees. William also founded TINSLEY'S MAGAZINE, which ran in various formats from 1867 to 1892.

From the description of William Tinsley publishing correspondence, 1866-1889. (Princeton University Library). WorldCat record id: 84451608 Austin, Alfred, 1835-1913. Bentley, Richard, 1794-1871, Broughton, Rhoda, 1840-1920. Collins, Wilkie, 1824-1889. Gilbert, W. S. (William Schwenck), 1836-1911. Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928. Lawrence, George Alfred, 1820-1876. Marryat, Florence, 1837-1899. Meredith, George, 1828-1909. Tinsley Brothers. Winter, William, 1836-1917 Young, Robert, 1927-2008, Tinsley, William, 1831-1902 Tinsley, William, 1831-1902,. Autograph letters signed from William Tinsley, London, to William Winter [manuscript], 1877-1878. Tinsley, William, 1831-1902, Winter, William, 1836-1917 Young, Robert, 1927-2008, Autograph letters signed from William Tinsley, London, to William Winter [manuscript], 1877-1878. 3 items. Concerning volumes of Winter's poems; (3) mentions Thistle-down. On letterhead of the Office of "Tinsleys' Magazine," 8, Catherine Street, Strand, W.C. Folger Shakespeare Library Tinsley, William, 1831-1902. William Tinsley publishing correspondence, 1866-1889. Tinsley, William, 1831-1902. William Tinsley publishing correspondence, 1866-1889. 0.17 linear ft. (1 box) Consists of 77 letters, 1866-1889, received by the Tinsley Brothers publishing firm of London, England. Princeton University Library Collins, Wilkie, 1824-1889. Autograph letter : [London, to his publisher, William Tinsley], 1868 July 11. Collins, Wilkie, 1824-1889. Tinsley, William, 1831-1902, Autograph letter : [London, to his publisher, William Tinsley], 1868 July 11. 1 item (4 p.) ; (12mo) Concerning the reception and sale of his new novel, The Moonstone. Pierpont Morgan Library. Lawrence, George Alfred, 1820-1876. Autograph letters signed (5) : [n.p.], to his publishers [Tinsley brothers], [n.d.]. Lawrence, George Alfred, 1820-1876. Tinsley, William, 1831-1902, Autograph letters signed (5) : [n.p.], to his publishers [Tinsley brothers], [n.d.]. 5 items (12 p.) ; (12mo) About the novels Barren honour and Border and Bastille he is writing, and his difficult financial situation. Pierpont Morgan Library. Marryat, Florence, 1837-1899. Autograph letter signed : [London], to Mr. Tinsley, 1878 Oct. 19. Marryat, Florence, 1837-1899. Tinsley, William, 1831-1902, Autograph letter signed : [London], to Mr. Tinsley, 1878 Oct. 19. 1 item (3 p.) ; (12mo) Declining his offer for a new book. Pierpont Morgan Library. Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928. Thomas Hardy collection of papers, 1870-1964 bulk (1870-1928). Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928. Abercrombie, Lascelles, 1881-1938. Bennett, Arnold, 1867-1931. Cockerell, Sydney Carlyle, Sir, 1867-1962. Colles, William Morris, 1855-1926. Gosse, Edmund, 1849-1928. Gregory, Lady, 1852-1932. Grigson, Geoffrey, 1905-1985. Harte, Bret, 1836-1902. Morgan, J. H. (John Hartman), 1876-1955. Murry, John Middleton, 1889-1957. Sassoon, Siegfried, 1886-1967. Shorter, Clement King, 1857-1926. Sitwell, Edith, 1887-1964. Tinsley, William, 1831-1902. Tomson, Arthur. West, Rebecca, 1892-1983. Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941. Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939. A. P. Watt And Son. Howe, W. T. H. (William Thomas Hildrup), Young, Owen D., 1874-1962, Bliss, Howard, Fletcher, Frank, 1870-1954, Kern, Jerome, 1885-1945, Holmes, David J., Thomas Hardy collection of papers, 1870-1964 bulk (1870-1928). 266 items. This is a synthetic collection consisting of manuscripts and typescripts, correspondence by and about the author, financial and legal documents, portraits, and pictorial works. New York Public Library System, NYPL Gilbert, W. S. (William Schwenck), 1836-1911. Autograph letter signed : London, to William Tinsley, 1875 Sept. 19. Gilbert, W. S. (William Schwenck), 1836-1911. Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915- Tinsley, William, 1831-1902, Autograph letter signed : London, to William Tinsley, 1875 Sept. 19. 1 item (2 p.) ; (12mo) Pierpont Morgan Library. Winter, William, 1836-1917,. Autograph letters signed from William Winter to various recipients [manuscript], 1864-1917. Winter, William, 1836-1917, Winter, William Jefferson, 1878-1929, Elderkin, John, 1841-1926, Carey, W. R. (William R.), Autograph letters signed from William Winter to various recipients [manuscript], 1864-1917. 114 items. Most of the letters concern theater life and people, both in England and America. (16) mentions [Augusta?] Dargon, (39) Charles Clapp, (51-52) Dion Boucicault and David Belasco and (99) Henry Placide and his wife. (49) is incomplete. (104) to J.B. Walker includes a poem by Winter, which is listed in the Folger card index of first lines. (68-70) and (114) concern Thomas Nast's "The Immortal Light of Genius." Folger Shakespeare Library Tinsley, William, 1831-1902. William Tinsley letters to Richard Bentley in regard to the publication of Rhoda Broughton's novel, Not Wisely, But Too Well, 1873-1875. Tinsley, William, 1831-1902. Bentley, Richard, 1794-1871, William Tinsley letters to Richard Bentley in regard to the publication of Rhoda Broughton's novel, Not Wisely, But Too Well, 1873-1875. 6 items. The collection consists of six letters, from William Tinsley to Richard Bentley, written 1873-1875, chiefly regarding the negotiations for the publication rights of Miss Broughton's novel, Not Wisely, But Too Well; some letters are of a more personal nature, such as an exchange of greetings, or news about health. Pennsylvania State University Libraries Thomas Hardy collection of papers, 1870-1964, 1870-1928 Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928 Thomas Hardy collection of papers 1870-1964 1870-1928 343 items This is a synthetic collection consisting of manuscripts and typescripts, correspondence, financial and legal documents, portraits, and pictorial works. The New York Public Library. Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature. Meredith, George, 1828-1909. Letters, 1871-1908. Meredith, George, 1828-1909. Wyse, William Charles Bonaparte, 1826-1892. Tinsley, William, 1831-1902. Chapman and Hall. Letters, 1871-1908. 8 items ; 28 cm. or smaller. To friends, colleagues, and publishers about personal matters and writing and publishing. Includes letters to William Tinsley, and William C. Bonaparte-Wyse and letter to Frederic Chapman of Chapman & Hall referring to the publication of essays by Thackeray. Dartmouth College Library Gilbert, W. S. (William Schwenck), 1836-1911. Autograph letter signed : 8 Essex Villas, Kensington, [London], to William Tinsley, 1869 Sept. 12. Gilbert, W. S. (William Schwenck), 1836-1911. Tinsley, William, 1831-1902, Allen, Reginald, Autograph letter signed : 8 Essex Villas, Kensington, [London], to William Tinsley, 1869 Sept. 12. 1 item (2 p.) Pierpont Morgan Library. Winter, William, 1836-1917,. Autograph letter signed from William Winter to William Tinsley [manuscript], 1877 August 20. Winter, William, 1836-1917, Tinsley, William, 1831-1902 Autograph letter signed from William Winter to William Tinsley [manuscript], 1877 August 20. 1 item. Folger Shakespeare Library Austin, Alfred, 1835-1913. Letters, 1862-1909. Austin, Alfred, 1835-1913. Cust, Henry, Dodd, Ashley, Mrs., Ellis, J. Mullett, Goldwater, Arnold, Hicks, Seymour, Sir, 1871-1949, Holt, Hamilton, 1872-1951, Liveing, Edward, 1823-1919, Molet, Edward, Sir, Patmore, Coventry, 1823-1896, Rawnsley, H. D. (Hardwicke Drummond), 1851-1920, Schletter, Annie, d. 1944., Stoker, Bram, 1847-1912, Stuart, Otto, Tinsley, William, 1831-1902, Verrall, A. W. (Arthur Woollgar), 1851-1912, Willett, Henry, Letters, 1862-1909. 121 items (295 p.) Concerning his poems and books and those of others. Discussing plays and performances. Accepting and declining invitations and requests. University of Iowa Libraries