Roberts, S. C. (Sydney Castle) 1887-1966

Overview

Works:	165 works in 428 publications in 4 languages and 9,786 library holdings
Roles:	Editor, Translator, Compiler, Author of introduction, Signer
Classifications:	pr3533, 820.4

Publication Timeline

1910 |

|2020

Key

Publications about S. C Roberts

Publications by S. C Roberts

Publications by S. C Roberts, published posthumously.

Most widely held works about S. C Roberts

Poems and plays by Oliver Goldsmith ( Book )
Autograph letter signed : London, to Henry Watson Kent, 1930 Mar. 3 by Bruce Rogers ( Book )
Autograph copy of a letter : Cambridge, to Henry Watson Kent, ca. 1950 by Bruce Rogers ( Book )
Papers, ca.1920-1982 by Frederic Dannay ( )
Dear Mr Vice-Chancellor..." : [letter from Christopher Morley to Sydney Castle Roberts, dated 7 November 1950 by Steven Rothman ( Book )

Most widely held works by S. C Roberts

Samuel Johnson by S. C Roberts ( Book )
24 editions published between 1944 and 1977 in English and Undetermined and held by 861 libraries worldwide

Aspects of biography by André Maurois ( Book )
5 editions published in 1929 in English and held by 595 libraries worldwide

British universities by S. C Roberts ( Book )
8 editions published between 1947 and 1997 in English and held by 464 libraries worldwide

Doctor Johnson, and others by S. C Roberts ( Book )
6 editions published between 1958 and 1976 in English and held by 432 libraries worldwide

Essays and reflections by Harold Hannyngton Child ( Book )
8 editions published between 1948 and 1981 in English and held by 428 libraries worldwide

Springs of Hellas, and other essays by T. R Glover ( Book )
6 editions published between 1945 and 1946 in English and held by 414 libraries worldwide

Adventures with authors by S. C Roberts ( Book )
5 editions published between 1966 and 2010 in English and held by 410 libraries worldwide
"'S.C.' was known as a vivid raconteur and mimic; more formally he was recognized as a publisher of skill and distinction, who graduated to become Master of his college and Vice-Chancellor of his university and to receive a knighthood. ... [H]e joined Cambridge University Press as 'assistant secretary' in 1911, served four war years as a lieutenant in the Suffolk Regiment, with a wound at Ypres, and three years after his return was appointed Secretary (or director) of the Press. His adventures and achievements in that capacity are the subject of the main part of this book. ... His 'Adventures' contain, first, a rich collection of his 'stories'. ... [T]hey offer a series of insights into human nature, especially in the notoriously delicate relationship between author and publisher. Roberts' 'Authors' include Jeans and Rutherford, Dover Wilson and Granville Barker, Housman and de la Mare and many others. Secondly, the book is a record ... of the way of life of a major university as it evolved from the Victorian to the modern mode"--P. [4] of cover.

Memories & opinions by Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch ( Book )
3 editions published between 1944 and 1945 in English and held by 345 libraries worldwide

Holmes & Watson, a miscellany by S. C Roberts ( Book )
9 editions published between 1953 and 1994 in English and Undetermined and held by 332 libraries worldwide

An eighteenth-century gentleman and other essays by S. C Roberts ( Book )
10 editions published between 1930 and 1980 in English and held by 303 libraries worldwide

The journal of a tour to Corsica, & memoirs of Pascal Paoli by James Boswell ( Book )
4 editions published between 1923 and 1929 in English and held by 266 libraries worldwide

A history of the Cambridge University Press, 1521-1921 by S. C Roberts ( Book )
9 editions published in 1921 in English and held by 263 libraries worldwide

Memories & opinions, an unfinished autobiography by Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch ( Book )
8 editions published between 1944 and 2008 in English and held by 254 libraries worldwide

The story of Doctor Johnson : being an introduction to Boswell's Life by S. C Roberts ( Book )
18 editions published between 1919 and 1978 in English and held by 232 libraries worldwide

The evolution of Cambridge publishing by S. C Roberts ( Book )
5 editions published in 1956 in English and held by 212 libraries worldwide

Lord Macaulay: the pre-eminent Victorian by S. C Roberts ( Book )
8 editions published between 1927 and 1977 in English and held by 192 libraries worldwide

A list of books printed in Cambridge at the University Press, 1521-1800 by Cambridge University Press ( Book )
12 editions published between 1935 and 1977 in English and held by 186 libraries worldwide

Christian morals. With the Life of the author by Thomas Browne ( Book )
1 edition published in 1969 in English and held by 185 libraries worldwide

Doctor Johnson by S. C Roberts ( Book )
8 editions published between 1935 and 1977 in English and held by 169 libraries worldwide

Anecdotes of the late Samuel Johnson, LL. D. during the last twenty years of his life by Hester Lynch Piozzi ( Book )
5 editions published between 1925 and 1967 in English and held by 167 libraries worldwide