John Blackwood FRSE (1818-1879) was a Scottish editor and publisher, sixth son of William Blackwood, founder of the publishing company William Blackwood & Sons. In 1845, John Blackwood became manager and editor of Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine (aka Maga) after the death of his oldest brother, Alexander, later becoming head of the firm at the death of his brother Robert. Blackwood died in 1879, having managed the company for thirty-four years, the longest of all the Blackwood editors. (From Wikipedia)
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Annals of a Publishing House: William Blackwood and His Sons, Their Magazine and Friends (3 volumes; Edinburgh and London: W. Blackwood and Sons, 1897-1898), by Mrs. Oliphant and Mrs. Gerald Porter
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Annals of a publishing house. : William Blackwood and his sons, their magazine and friends (W. Blackwood and sons, 1897), by Mrs. Oliphant and Mary Porter (page images at HathiTrust)- Annals of a publishing house : William Blackwood and his sons, their magazine and friends (Charles Scribner's Sons, 1897), by Mrs. Oliphant and Mrs. Gerald Porter (page images at HathiTrust)
- Annals of a publishing house. (C. Scribner's sons, 1897), by Mrs. Oliphant and Mary Blackwood Porter (page images at HathiTrust)
- Annals of a publishing house. William Blackwood and his sons, their magazine and friends (William Blackwood and Sons, 1897), by Mrs. Oliphant and Mary Blackwood Porter (page images at HathiTrust)
- Annals of a publishing house : William Blackwood and his sons, their magazine and friends (William Blackwood and Sons, 1898), by Mrs. Oliphant and Mary Blackwood Porter (page images at HathiTrust)