| 词条 | J. W. Arrowsmith |
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J. W. Arrowsmith Ltd was a book printer and publisher based in Bristol, England.[1] It became a limited company in 1911, having been an unincorporated company named Arrowsmith. It was closed in 2006. The company published the first edition of the novel Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome in 1889.[2] Also published by J. W. Arrowsmith were:
HistoryThe business began in 1854 when Isaac Arrowsmith moved to Bristol from Worcester. Isaac Arrowsmith was a founder member of the Worcester Typographical Society.[3] Arrowsmith and Hugh Evans, a stationer on Clare Street, published a railway timetable for a penny, an original copy of which is held at the British Museum.[4] When Isaac died in 1871 his son, James Williams Arrowsmith, ventured into general publishing.[4] Arrowsmith's first success came in 1883 with Hugh Conway's ‘Called Back’ was reviewed positively by Henry Labouchère in ’Truth’.[4] JW Arrowsmith was friends with the famous Bristolian cricketer, WG Grace, so published Grace's book entitled 'Cricket'.[5] Their surviving letters show the process was not a smooth one: Dear Arrowsmith, It is very annoying to think you won’t do the little book as I wish. If you do it at all, why not properly? The specimen you have sent is too common a style. Yours in haste, WG Grace[4] In 1930 Arrowsmiths published the first of the Bristol Record Society's volumes, with transcriptions of historic records of Bristol, primarily material held at Bristol Archives.[4] During the second world war the Arrowsmith's factory hosted seven local competitors whose sites had been destroyed.[4] In 1952 a 27,000 foot factory on Winterstoke Road, Bristol, was begun, finally alleviating the company's pressure to expand from the small, inadequate factory on Quay Street.[4] Arrowsmith remains a publishing imprint. ArchivesThe records of J. W. Arrowsmith are held at Bristol Archives (Ref. 40145) (online catalogue) along with copies of many of their publications. References1. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.iavon.co.uk/profile/346254/Bristol/J-W-Arrowsmith-Ltd/ | title=J W Arrowsmith Ltd | publisher=iAvon, UK | accessdate=August 6, 2011}} 2. ^{{cite book|author=Jerome, Jerome K.|title=Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog)|publisher=J. W. Arrowsmith|year=1889|isbn=0-7653-4161-1}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/rd/387891c4-3179-43e8-8d76-4cdbcbceb70a|title=National Archives Discovery Catalogue page, Records of JW Arrowsmith|accessdate=5 August 2016}} 4. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 ’Arrowsmith Printers, 1854-1954’, 1955, JW Arrowsmith 5. ^{{cite wikisource |title=Cricket (Grace)}} External links
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