FIELD & TUER, THE LEADENHALL PRESS: A CHECKLIST

Language: English

Published by Oak Knoll Press and The British Library, New Castle, Delaware and London, 2010

1584562803 / 9781584562801

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7 x 10 inches. hardcover, dust jacket. 176 pages. With an Appreciation of Andrew White Tuer. "An admirable conspectus. Young's checklist has certainly broken new ground." - Brian McMullin, Script & Print "As Young explores in this short but well grounded study, the firm. moved from stationery and lithographic trade work into decorative, fine art and small press printing." - David Finklestein, TLS "A handsome and important new work that fills a gap in our shelves. The book includes a beautifully produced inserted signature showing fifty-eight of the covers in color." - Alastair Johnston, Printing History "A useful account of a press whose publications have largely lapsed from current view, Young's essay bringing life to what proves to be a surprisingly long checklist." - David Chambers, The Book Collector This book is the first comprehensive (and long-overdue) bibliographic study of the London partnership of Field & Tuer and their publishing imprint, Leadenhall Press (later the Leadenhall Press, Ltd.). Matthew Young makes a convincing argument for Andrew W. Tuer (1838-1900) as one of the most imaginative and influential printers and publishers of the mid-to-late Victorian period. Known today primarily for old-style facsimile reprints and a few outstanding works such as Tuer's own History of the Horn-Book, the Leadenhall Press in fact published hundreds of titles in almost every subject area, from sixpenny pamphlets to vellum-bound limited editions dedicated by command to the Queen, as well as two important and long-running periodicals: The Paper & Printing Trades Journal and The Printers International Specimen Exchange. The remarkable range of the catalogue is evident in a small sample from 1885: Jerome K. Jerome's first book, On the Stage--and Off; Joseph Crawhall's hand-colored Izaak Walton: His Wallet Booke; The Owls of Olynn Belfry, illustrated by Randolph Caldecott; Sir Montague Shearman's Foot-Ball: Its History for Five Centuries; feminist Emily Jane Pfeiffer's Flying Leaves from East and West; and Songs of the North, illustrated by (among others) Edward Burne-Jones, Charles Keene, Albert Moore, Frederick Sandys, and J.M. Whistler. The book includes a revealing portrait of Andrew Tuer as a man of energy, curiosity, and wit: a successful businessman, inventor, advocate for fine printing, publisher, designer, collector, author, and correspondent. The annotated checklist describes nearly 450 publications issued by Field & Tuer and the Leadenhall Press from 1863 to 1913. Listing details include: month and year of publication, publisher's job number, listed price, brief description of format and cover design, important aspects of content and publication, and location of scarce and noteworthy copies. Appendices cover Andrew Tuer's writings, ephemera, series titles, and institutional collections of special interest. A color section and illustrations in the text complete the story of an important link in the development of printing between the Chiswick Press of Charles Whittingham II and the celebrated publishers of the 1890s. Matthew Young is a graphic designer and book collector. He was the recipient of a 2008 Everett Helm Visiting Fellowship award to examine the collection at the Lilly Library (Indiana University), and he has presented papers on the Leadenhall Press at conferences in England, Canada, and the United States.

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Title
FIELD & TUER, THE LEADENHALL PRESS: A CHECKLIST
Author
Young, Matthew McLennan
Publisher
Oak Knoll Press and The British Library, New Castle, Delaware and London
Publication year
2010
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Dust Jacket Included
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hardcover, dust jacket
Language
English
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1584562803
ISBN 13
9781584562801
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Leadenhall Press
Item weight
1.19 pounds
Dimensions
7 x 10 inches
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