In 1848, Low and his eldest son Sampson Jr. opened a publishing office at the corner of Red Lion Court,
The … 展开

Until 1837, Bent's Literary Advertiser was the only trade journal connected with book-selling; at this period the publishers became dissatisfied with the manner in which it was conducted, and established a periodical of thei… 展开

Low was also manager of a society for the protection of retail booksellers against undersellers, until the dissolution of the society in 1852.
With his son, he was instrumental in establishing in 1… 展开

Sampson Low retired from business in 1875, and died at 41 Mecklenburgh Square on 16 April 1886. He was buried on the west side of Highgate Cemetery on 22 April. His wife, Mary, died 26 May 1881, in her 84th year. … 展开

Author, compiler, and editor
• Low's Comparative Register of the House of Commons 1827 to 1841, 1841.
• Low's Comparative and Historical Register of the House of Commons 1841 to 1847, 1847.… 展开

• "List of books... by Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington,... October, 1873", in: C. Evans, A Strange Friendship: A Story of New Zealand (1874).
• Sampson Low (1797–1886) at Library of Congress, with 4 library cat… 展开