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| name = Oliver and Boyd | image = | caption = | parent = | status = Defunct | traded_as = | predecessor = | founded = 1807/08 | founder = Thomas Oliver and George Boyd | successor = | country = United Kingdom | headquarters = Edinburgh | distribution = | keypeople = | publications = | topics = | genre = Educational books, Science books, Medical books | imprints = | revenue = | owner = | numemployees = | url = }}Oliver and Boyd (also commonly referred to as Oliver & Boyd) was a British publishing and printing firm that traded from 1807/08 until 1990.[1] The firm has been described as a "stalwart in Scottish publishing".[2] Oliver and Boyd was founded in Edinburgh by two partners Thomas Oliver (1776-1853)[3] and George Boyd (died 1843). The exact foundation year is not known but is believed have been either 1807 or 1808.[4] The firm operated from the 1820s until the 1970s at the same address in Tweeddale Court,[5] near the Royal Mile in Edinburgh[4] (the old "Oliver and Boyd" sign remains above the front door of the Tweeddale Court building to this day).[5] It was one of the "auld" firms to survive in the the area after the crash of 1825-26.[2] By the 1830s the firm was not only publishing but also printing and bookbinding at under the same roof at Tweedale Court, an innovative practice for Edinburgh in that period.[4] By 1836 the firm carried out printing there on a "massive scale". Prior to Oliver & Boyd, printing and publishing in Scotland had been a cottage industry with the printing done on wooden presses and it was only in 1800 that the iron press had been invented.[6][7] In the years 1811-1841, Oliver and Boyd issued a number of catalogue's for the firm's juvenile books " selling from a halfpenny upwards"[3] and also printed and published "abridged histories in fancy covers and songbooks".[1] When Thomas Oliver retired and George Boyd died in 1843, the firm remained under family control with George's nephew Thomas Jamieson Boyd[8] being appointed as managing partner in 1843 and then acting as senior partner from 1869 to 1894.[2] In this period the firm gained a reputation in the fields of education[9] and medical textbook publishing and had a strong presence in the British colonial markets.[1][2] In 1896 Oliver and Boyd was taken over by three "well-established"[2] Edinburgh booksellers, George and James Thin and John Grant.[7][1] During the 20th century the firm maintained its reputation as "educational and general publishers of high standing".[10] In 1962 the firm was acquired by the Financial Times group and later Longmans acquired its publishing operations.[7][1] Oliver and Boyd ceased operations in 1990. Book series
References1. ^1 2 3 4 British Museum: Term Details - Oliver & Boyd (Biographical details), britishmuseum.org. Retrieved 24 June 2018. 2. ^1 2 3 4 David Finkelstein, [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=qdiqBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA97&lpg=PA97&dq=%22john+grant%22+%2B+%22oliver+%26+boyd%22&source=bl&ots=j4XE-xmTyQ&sig=ACfU3U1xvTK0mTBJ7b2dwzABfr9z7cxcnQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjQnOG-sf7gAhUhmuYKHdjTCn4Q6AEwCnoECAgQAQ#v=onepage&q=%22john%20grant%22%20%2B%20%22oliver%20%26%20boyd%22&f=false "Publishing 1830-80"], in: Bill Bell, ed., The Edinburgh History of the Book in Scotland, Volume 3: Ambition and Industry 1800–1880, Edinburgh University Press, p. 97. Retrieved 13 March 2019. 3. ^1 Thomas Oliver (1775-1853), gaedin.co.uk. Retrieved 13 March 2019. 4. ^1 2 James Mitchell, [https://blog.nls.uk/oliver-boyd/ Oliver & Boyd], nls.uk. Retrieved 12 March 2019. 5. ^1 Tweeddale Court, cityofliterature.com. Retrieved 13 March 2019. 6. ^Edinburgh’s Publishing Heritage, cityofliterature.com. Retrieved 12 March 2019. 7. ^1 2 [https://www.flickr.com/photos/30239838@N04/4013884600 Print room at Oliver & Boyd], flickr.com. Retrieved 12 March 2019. 8. ^[https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Boyd,_Thomas_Jamieson_(DNB12) "Boyd, Thomas Jamieson (DNB12)"], wikisource.org. Retrieved 13 March 2019. 9. ^W. McDowall, [https://archive.org/details/csarsgallicwarf00caesgoog/page/n116?q=%22School+Geography%22+%2B+%22James+Clyde%22 Caesar's Gallic War: First Book: With Vocabulary and Notes], Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd, 1892, "Educational Books" listing (24 page publisher's advertisement). Retrieved 16 March 2019. 10. ^Lord Robbins, "The Financial Times Limited: Broadened Scope of Company's Activities", The Observer, 2 June 1963, p. 5. External links
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