Dr Iain Beavan
- Honorary Research Fellow (School of Critical Studies)
Publications
2023
Beavan, I. (2023) Story books, godly books, ballads, and song books: the chapbook in Scotland, 1740–1820. In: Atkinson, D. and Roud, S. (eds.) Cheap Print and Street Literature of the Long Eighteenth Century. Open Book Publishers: Cambridge, UK, pp. 219-258. ISBN 9781805110392 (doi: 10.11647/obp.0347.09)
Beavan, I. (2023) Who printed the poetry pamphlets of 1790s Glasgow? Burns Chronicle, 132(1), pp. 1-26. (doi: 10.3366/burns.2023.0068)
Beavan, I. (2023) Newspaper access and distribution beyond the Scottish capital: the daily practicalities: [a case study]. In: Brownlees, N. (ed.) The Edinburgh History of the British and Irish Press, vol. 1: Beginnings and Consolidation 1640-1800. Edinburgh University Press: Edinburgh, pp. 308-312. ISBN 9781474499170
Beavan, I. (2023) Scottish chapbooks, their woodcuts and transient print: some observations. In: Peters, L. and Jackson, E. (eds.) Transient Print: Essays on the History of Printed Ephemera. Peter Lang: Oxford, pp. 63-85. ISBN 9781789979008
2022
Beavan, I. (2022) The small poetry publications of 1790s Glasgow: Definitions, descriptions and doubts. Burns Chronicle, 131(1), pp. 37-59. (doi: 10.3366/burns.2022.0037)
2019
Beavan, I. (2019) Chapbooks, cheap print, Burns and Tannahill in the nineteenth century. Scottish Literary Review, 11(2), pp. 59-79.
Beavan, I. (2019) Lines of defence: thoughts on Scottish chapbook title-page woodcuts and their functions. Publishing History, 81, pp. 41-95.
2017
Beavan, I. (2017) The decline and fall of the Scottish chapbook: an overview. In: Atkinson, D. and Roud, S. (eds.) Street Literature of the Long Nineteenth Century: Producers, Sellers, Consumers. Cambridge Scholars Publishing: Newcastle upon Tyne, pp. 154-192. ISBN 9781443894999
Beavan, I. (2017) Burns and chapbooks: a bibliographer's twilight zone. Studies in Scottish Literature, 43(2), pp. 321-327.
2015
Beavan, I. (2015) The chapbooks and broadsides of James Chalmers III, printer in Aberdeen: some re-discoveries and initial observations on his woodcuts. Journal of the Edinburgh Bibliographical Society, 10, pp. 29-86.
Beavan, I. (2015) Marischal College Library, Aberdeen, in the nineteenth century: An overview. Library and Information History, 31(4), pp. 258-279. (doi: 10.1080/17583489.2016.1145858)
2012
Beavan, I. (2012) Aberdeen and the North-east. In: Brown, S. W. and McDougall, W. (eds.) The Edinburgh History of the Book in Scotland, Vol. 2: Enlightenment and Expansion 1707–1800. Edinburgh University Press: Edinburgh, pp. 166-176. ISBN 9780748619122
Beavan, I. (2012) The pamphlet. In: Brown, S. W. and McDougall, W. (eds.) The Edinburgh History of the Book in Scotland, Vol. 2: Enlightenment and Expansion 1707–1800. Edinburgh University Press: Edinburgh, pp. 382-389. ISBN 9780748619122
Beavan, I. (2012) Who was Dr James Fraser of Chelsea? In: Hinks, J. and Day, M. (eds.) From Compositors to Collectors: Essays on Book-trade History. Series: Print networks, 11. Oak Knoll Press ; British Library: New Castle, Del. ; London, pp. 21-233. ISBN 9780712358729
2011
Beavan, I., Davidson, P. and Stevenson, J. (Eds.) (2011) The Library and Archive Collections of the University of Aberdeen: an Introduction and Description. Manchester University Press with The University of Aberdeen: Manchester. ISBN 9780719087882
Stevenson, J., Beavan, I. and Davidson, P. (2011) The Breviary of Aberdeen. Journal of the Edinburgh Bibliographical Society, 6, pp. 11-42.
2009
Beavan, I. (2009) Forever provincial?: A North British lament. In: Hinks, J., Armstrong, C. and Day, M. (eds.) Periodicals and Publishers: The Newspaper and Journal Trade, 1750-1914. Series: Print networks (10). Oak Knoll Press ; British Library: New Castle, Del. ; London, pp. 1-20. ISBN 9780712350747
Beavan, I. and McDougall, W. (2009) The Scottish book trade. In: Suarez, M. F. and Turner, M. L. (eds.) The Cambridge History of the Book in Britain, Vol. 5: 1695-1830. Series: The Cambridge history of the book in Britain. Cambridge University Press: 1094, pp. 352-365. ISBN 9780521810173 (doi: 10.1017/CHOL9780521810173.018)
2007
Beavan, I. (2007) Bookselling. In: Bell, B. (ed.) The Edinburgh History of the Book in Scotland, Vol. 3: Ambition and Industry, 1800-80. Edinburgh University Press: Edinburgh, pp. 123-140. ISBN 9780748617791
2006
Beavan, I. (2006) Printing for the British publishing industry: the rise and fall of Aberdeen University Press. Journal of the Edinburgh Bibliographical Society, 1, pp. 20-40.
2005
Beavan, I. (2005) John Murray, Richard Griffin and Oliver & Boyd: some supplementary observations. In: Hinks, J. and Armstrong, C. (eds.) Printing Places: Locations of Book Production & Distribution Since 1500. Series: Print networks (7). Oak Knoll Press ; British Library: New Castle, Del. ; London, pp. 147-151. ISBN 9781584561651
Beavan, I. and Benson, C. (2005) "Your Side of the Water”: Nineteenth-century Scottish publishers and their wholesale trade with Dublin. Long Room, 50-51, pp. 22-40.
2004
Beavan, I. (2004) Staying the course: the ‘Edinburgh Cabinet Library’, 1830-1844. In: Isaac, P. C.G., McKay, B., Hinks, J. and Bell, M. (eds.) Light on the Book Trade: Essays in Honour of Peter Isaac. Oak Knoll Press ; British Library: New Castle, Del. ; London, pp. 141-152. ISBN 9781584560852
2001
Beavan, I. M. (2001) 'What constitutes the crime which it is your pleasure to punish so mercilessly?': Scottish booksellers' societies in the nineteenth century. In: Isaac, P. C.G. and McKay, B. (eds.) The Moving Market: Continuity and Change in the Book Trade. Series: Print networks (5). Oak Knoll Press: New Castle, Del., pp. 71-82. ISBN 9781584560524
2000
Beavan, I. (2000) Advertising judiciously: Scottish nineteenth-century publishers and the British market. In: Isaac, P. C.G. and McKay, B. (eds.) The Mighty Engine: The Printing Press and its Impact. St. Paul's Bibliographies: Winchester, pp. 69-78. ISBN 9781873040614
Articles
Beavan, I. (2023) Who printed the poetry pamphlets of 1790s Glasgow? Burns Chronicle, 132(1), pp. 1-26. (doi: 10.3366/burns.2023.0068)
Beavan, I. (2022) The small poetry publications of 1790s Glasgow: Definitions, descriptions and doubts. Burns Chronicle, 131(1), pp. 37-59. (doi: 10.3366/burns.2022.0037)
Beavan, I. (2019) Chapbooks, cheap print, Burns and Tannahill in the nineteenth century. Scottish Literary Review, 11(2), pp. 59-79.
Beavan, I. (2019) Lines of defence: thoughts on Scottish chapbook title-page woodcuts and their functions. Publishing History, 81, pp. 41-95.
Beavan, I. (2017) Burns and chapbooks: a bibliographer's twilight zone. Studies in Scottish Literature, 43(2), pp. 321-327.
Beavan, I. (2015) The chapbooks and broadsides of James Chalmers III, printer in Aberdeen: some re-discoveries and initial observations on his woodcuts. Journal of the Edinburgh Bibliographical Society, 10, pp. 29-86.
Beavan, I. (2015) Marischal College Library, Aberdeen, in the nineteenth century: An overview. Library and Information History, 31(4), pp. 258-279. (doi: 10.1080/17583489.2016.1145858)
Stevenson, J., Beavan, I. and Davidson, P. (2011) The Breviary of Aberdeen. Journal of the Edinburgh Bibliographical Society, 6, pp. 11-42.
Beavan, I. (2006) Printing for the British publishing industry: the rise and fall of Aberdeen University Press. Journal of the Edinburgh Bibliographical Society, 1, pp. 20-40.
Beavan, I. and Benson, C. (2005) "Your Side of the Water”: Nineteenth-century Scottish publishers and their wholesale trade with Dublin. Long Room, 50-51, pp. 22-40.
Book Sections
Beavan, I. (2023) Story books, godly books, ballads, and song books: the chapbook in Scotland, 1740–1820. In: Atkinson, D. and Roud, S. (eds.) Cheap Print and Street Literature of the Long Eighteenth Century. Open Book Publishers: Cambridge, UK, pp. 219-258. ISBN 9781805110392 (doi: 10.11647/obp.0347.09)
Beavan, I. (2023) Newspaper access and distribution beyond the Scottish capital: the daily practicalities: [a case study]. In: Brownlees, N. (ed.) The Edinburgh History of the British and Irish Press, vol. 1: Beginnings and Consolidation 1640-1800. Edinburgh University Press: Edinburgh, pp. 308-312. ISBN 9781474499170
Beavan, I. (2023) Scottish chapbooks, their woodcuts and transient print: some observations. In: Peters, L. and Jackson, E. (eds.) Transient Print: Essays on the History of Printed Ephemera. Peter Lang: Oxford, pp. 63-85. ISBN 9781789979008
Beavan, I. (2017) The decline and fall of the Scottish chapbook: an overview. In: Atkinson, D. and Roud, S. (eds.) Street Literature of the Long Nineteenth Century: Producers, Sellers, Consumers. Cambridge Scholars Publishing: Newcastle upon Tyne, pp. 154-192. ISBN 9781443894999
Beavan, I. (2012) Aberdeen and the North-east. In: Brown, S. W. and McDougall, W. (eds.) The Edinburgh History of the Book in Scotland, Vol. 2: Enlightenment and Expansion 1707–1800. Edinburgh University Press: Edinburgh, pp. 166-176. ISBN 9780748619122
Beavan, I. (2012) The pamphlet. In: Brown, S. W. and McDougall, W. (eds.) The Edinburgh History of the Book in Scotland, Vol. 2: Enlightenment and Expansion 1707–1800. Edinburgh University Press: Edinburgh, pp. 382-389. ISBN 9780748619122
Beavan, I. (2012) Who was Dr James Fraser of Chelsea? In: Hinks, J. and Day, M. (eds.) From Compositors to Collectors: Essays on Book-trade History. Series: Print networks, 11. Oak Knoll Press ; British Library: New Castle, Del. ; London, pp. 21-233. ISBN 9780712358729
Beavan, I. (2009) Forever provincial?: A North British lament. In: Hinks, J., Armstrong, C. and Day, M. (eds.) Periodicals and Publishers: The Newspaper and Journal Trade, 1750-1914. Series: Print networks (10). Oak Knoll Press ; British Library: New Castle, Del. ; London, pp. 1-20. ISBN 9780712350747
Beavan, I. and McDougall, W. (2009) The Scottish book trade. In: Suarez, M. F. and Turner, M. L. (eds.) The Cambridge History of the Book in Britain, Vol. 5: 1695-1830. Series: The Cambridge history of the book in Britain. Cambridge University Press: 1094, pp. 352-365. ISBN 9780521810173 (doi: 10.1017/CHOL9780521810173.018)
Beavan, I. (2007) Bookselling. In: Bell, B. (ed.) The Edinburgh History of the Book in Scotland, Vol. 3: Ambition and Industry, 1800-80. Edinburgh University Press: Edinburgh, pp. 123-140. ISBN 9780748617791
Beavan, I. (2005) John Murray, Richard Griffin and Oliver & Boyd: some supplementary observations. In: Hinks, J. and Armstrong, C. (eds.) Printing Places: Locations of Book Production & Distribution Since 1500. Series: Print networks (7). Oak Knoll Press ; British Library: New Castle, Del. ; London, pp. 147-151. ISBN 9781584561651
Beavan, I. (2004) Staying the course: the ‘Edinburgh Cabinet Library’, 1830-1844. In: Isaac, P. C.G., McKay, B., Hinks, J. and Bell, M. (eds.) Light on the Book Trade: Essays in Honour of Peter Isaac. Oak Knoll Press ; British Library: New Castle, Del. ; London, pp. 141-152. ISBN 9781584560852
Beavan, I. M. (2001) 'What constitutes the crime which it is your pleasure to punish so mercilessly?': Scottish booksellers' societies in the nineteenth century. In: Isaac, P. C.G. and McKay, B. (eds.) The Moving Market: Continuity and Change in the Book Trade. Series: Print networks (5). Oak Knoll Press: New Castle, Del., pp. 71-82. ISBN 9781584560524
Beavan, I. (2000) Advertising judiciously: Scottish nineteenth-century publishers and the British market. In: Isaac, P. C.G. and McKay, B. (eds.) The Mighty Engine: The Printing Press and its Impact. St. Paul's Bibliographies: Winchester, pp. 69-78. ISBN 9781873040614
Edited Books
Beavan, I., Davidson, P. and Stevenson, J. (Eds.) (2011) The Library and Archive Collections of the University of Aberdeen: an Introduction and Description. Manchester University Press with The University of Aberdeen: Manchester. ISBN 9780719087882