Chiswick Press records 1831-1933 1870-1918

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Chiswick Press records 1831-1933 1870-1918

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Records consist of letters to the Whittinghams and Chiswick Press, 1831-1918; letters to the trustees of the estates of William Whittingham, Benjamin F. Stevens, and Charlotte Stevens; letters to Charles Jacobi, 1872-1933, including those from notable persons such as English poet and critic Edmund Gosse and Celtologist Robin Flower; and drafts of letters by Jacobi, 1917-1929. Also, financial papers of Charles Whittingham and Co., 1835-1924; indentures; personal accounts of Charles Jacobi; manuscripts on printing history; photographs and memorabilia; clippings, 1805-1933; and printed matter relating to printing and the Chiswick Press.

.8 linear foot (3 boxes)

New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division

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SNAC Resource ID: 6313882

New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division

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Charles Whittingham and Co.

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Stevens, Benjamin Franklin, 1833-1902

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American-born bookseller and bibliographer in England. From the description of Facsimile of an autograph letter signed, with an appended autograph note signed : London, to J.W. Dean of Boston, librarian and genealogist, 1886 Jan. 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270874706 Machinist and Union soldier serving in the band of the 1st Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteers; from Tilton (Belknap Co.), N.H. From the description of Papers, 1861-1879. (Duke University Librar...

Stevens, Charlotte

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Flower, Robin, 1881-1946

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English librarian, scholar of Irish literature and poet. From the description of Tomás : place not specified : autograph manuscript of the poem signed, 1927 Oct. 9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270539220 ...

Whittingham, Charles, 1767-1840

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Epithet: junior, owner of the Chiswick Press British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001152.0x00021d Epithet: senior, owner of the Chiswick Press British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001152.0x00021f ...

Bell, George, 1814-1890

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English publisher. From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Margaret Hunt, 1878 Apr. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 768440681 ...

Gosse, Edmund, 1849-1928

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Edmund Gosse, a well known man of letters, librarian to the House of Lords (1904-1914), and author of the autobiography, Father and Son (1907), was a pioneering translator of Ibsen and author of numerous volumes of poetry, criticism and biography. Charles Edmund Merrill was an active member of the Grolier Club from 1910 until his death in 1942. From the description of Letters : to Charles E. Merrill, 1910-1924. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122577035 English poet and man of...

Whittingham, William

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Whittingham, Charles, 1795-1876

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Pickering, William, 1796-1854

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William Pickering and his son Bernard Montagu Pickering were English publishers. From the description of Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1827-1837. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 190889535 Epithet: publisher British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000543.0x00013a ...

Jacobi, Charles Thomas, 1853-1933

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Chiswick Press

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The founder of Chiswick Press was Charles Whittingham (1767-1840). Upon completion of his printing apprenticeship in Coventry, Whittingham set up his own press in London in 1795, a short-lived Tory journal The Tomahawk. He eventually settled in the Thameside suburb of Chiswick, giving the name of the town to the book publishing division of Charles Whittingham and Co. Whittingham's nephew, Charles Whittingham the younger, joined his uncle as a partner in the firm. The fir...