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Thomas Hookham (c.1739–1819)cite-ref-ingpen1912-1-0[1] was a bookseller and publisher in London in the 18th-19th centuries. He issued works by Charlotte de Bournon, John Hassell, Pierre-Jean-Baptiste Nougaret, Ann Radcliffe,cite-ref-ingpen1912-1-1[1] Clara Reeve, and others. As part of his business he ran a circulating library,cite-ref-trusler1790-2-0[2]cite-ref-3[3] established in 1764 and by the 1800s one of "the two largest in London."cite-ref-garside1991-4-0[4]cite-ref-7[nb 1] The library continued on Bond Street until it was acquired by Mudie's ca.1871.cite-ref-8[7]cite-ref-9[8] In addition, about 1794 he opened the Literary Assembly subscription reading rooms stocked with periodicals and reference books.cite-ref-ingpen1912-1-2[1]

His sons, Thomas Hookham, Jr. (1787–1867) and Edward T. Hookham also worked as publishers and booksellers in London.cite-ref-10[9] A third generation, Thomas Hookham and Henry Hookham, continued in the business into the mid 19th century.cite-ref-tinsley1900-11-0[10]

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cite-note-7nb 1. ↑ Competitors included circulating libraries of John Bell,cite-ref-trusler1790-2-1[2] John Boosey,cite-ref-trusler1790-2-2[2] John Booth,cite-ref-picture1807-5-0[5] Carpenter,cite-ref-picture1807-5-1[5] Cawthorn,cite-ref-picture1807-5-2[5] Cheesewright,cite-ref-picture1807-5-3[5] Creighton,cite-ref-picture1807-5-4[5] Thomas Dangerfield,cite-ref-picture1807-5-5[5] Dutton,cite-ref-picture1807-5-6[5] William Earle,cite-ref-picture1807-5-7[5] William Lane,cite-ref-picture1807-5-8[5] John Noble, David Ogilvy,cite-ref-picture1807-5-9[5] Parson,cite-ref-picture1807-5-10[5] Tegg,cite-ref-picture1807-5-11[5] and Thomas Vernor.cite-ref-trusler1790-2-3[2]cite-ref-maxted2007-6-0[6]

cite-note-ingpen1912-11. ↑ citerefroger-ingpen1912Roger Ingpen, ed. (1912). "Shelley's Correspondents: Thomas Hookham, Junr.". Letters of Percy Bysshe Shelley. London.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

cite-note-trusler1790-22. ↑ citerefjohn-trusler1790John Trusler (1790), "Conveniences in London", London Adviser and Guide (2nd ed.), Printed for the author at the Literary-Press, OCLC 15076772

cite-note-33. ↑ citerefpaul-kaufman1967Paul Kaufman (1967). "The Community Library: A Chapter in English Social History". Transactions of the American Philosophical Society. 57 (7): 1–67. doi:10.2307/1006043. JSTOR 1006043.

cite-note-garside1991-44. ↑ citerefpeter-garside1991Peter Garside (1991). "Popular Fiction and National Tale: Hidden Origins of Scott's Waverley". Nineteenth-Century Literature. 46 (1): 30–53. doi:10.2307/3044962. JSTOR 3044962.

cite-note-picture1807-55. ↑ citerefjohn-feltham1807John Feltham (1807). "Circulating Libraries". Picture of London, for 1807 (8th ed.). London: Richard Phillips.

cite-note-maxted2007-66. ↑ citerefian-maxted2007Ian Maxted (2007), "Thomas Hookham", The London Book Trades 1775-1800: a preliminary checklist of members, Exeter Working Papers in British Book Trade History

cite-note-87. ↑ citerefalden1866Alden, Henry (October 1866), "English and Foreign Library Company, Limited. Late Hookham's Library, established 1764 (advert)", Alden's Illustrated Family Miscellany, Oxford, Cheap reading for the million

cite-note-98. ↑ citerefguinevere-l-griest1965Guinevere L. Griest (1965). "A Victorian Leviathan: Mudie's Select Library". Nineteenth-Century Fiction. 20 (2): 103–126. doi:10.2307/2932540. JSTOR 2932540.

cite-note-109. ↑ citereflord-byron1973Lord Byron (1973), "Famous in My Time": 1810-1812, Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press, ISBN 0674089413

cite-note-tinsley1900-1110. ↑ citerefwilliam-tinsley1900William Tinsley (1900), Random recollections of an old publisher, London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co., OCLC 1655793, OL 6902927M

• New Catalogue of Hookham's Circulating Library. 1794.

• Nouveau catalogue français de la bibliothèque circulante de Messrs Hookham ... No. 15, Old Bond Street (in French). c. 1795.

• citereflibraryc-1829Library, Hookham's (c. 1829). Catalogue of Hookham's Circulating Library, Old Bond Street.

• WorldCat. Thomas Hookham

• WorldCat. Thomas Hookham, fl. 1767–1830