”. ▁ ▁Before ▁found ing ▁Ward ▁and ▁Lock , ▁Ward ▁had ▁worked ▁as ▁the ▁manager ▁of ▁the ▁book ▁department ▁at ▁Herbert ▁In gram ▁and ▁Company . ▁In ▁ 1 8 5 5 , ▁Herbert ▁In gram ▁and ▁Company ▁fol ded ▁and ▁Ward ▁and ▁Lock , ▁with ▁some ▁help ▁from ▁their ▁business ▁partners ▁Thomas ▁D ixon ▁Gal pin ▁and ▁George ▁William ▁Pet ter , ▁bought ▁some ▁of ▁In gram ' s ▁“ public ations , ▁including ▁the ▁copy right s , ▁wood - block s , ▁s tere ot ype ▁pl ates ▁and ▁eng rav ings ▁[ that ] ▁were ▁put ▁up ▁for ▁sale .” ▁Perhaps , ▁the ▁most ▁important ▁book ▁from ▁the ▁In gram ▁catalog ue ▁was ▁Web ster ’ s ▁Dictionary ▁of ▁the ▁English ▁Language , ▁which ▁Ward ▁and ▁Lock ▁started ▁re iss uing ▁with ▁great ▁success . ▁By ▁the ▁ 1 8 7 0 s , ▁Web ster ’ s ▁Dictionary ▁had ▁sold ▁ 1 4 0 , 0 0 0 ▁copies . ▁Other ▁titles ▁published ▁by ▁Ward ▁and ▁Lock ▁around ▁this ▁time ▁included ▁books ▁on ▁travel , ▁mechan ics , ▁and ▁repr ints ▁of ▁classical ▁works , ▁such ▁as ▁H omer ' s ▁Od ys sey ▁and ▁Alexandre ▁Dum as ’ ▁Pictures ▁of ▁Tra vel ▁in ▁the ▁South ▁of ▁France . ▁By ▁ 1 8 6 1 , ▁Ward ▁and ▁Lock ▁had ▁achieved ▁enough ▁success ▁to ▁be ▁able ▁to ▁afford ▁more ▁staff ▁and ▁move ▁into ▁a ▁new ▁office ▁at ▁A men ▁Cor ner ▁on ▁Pat ern oster ▁Row . ▁