Start Date(s)

• 1872 (Bigmore and Wyman)
• 1873 (NSTC )
• 1874 (“The Bibliography”)

End Date(s)

• 1875 (Bigmore and Wyman)

Printer/Publisher(s)

• Whittingham and Wilkins

City

• London, England

Type of Content

• "Calendar giving anniversaries of authors, and the borders, being mottoes on literary matters; contains a variety of useful literary facts and anecdotes" (Bigmore and Wyman 2:164-65)
• "The first issue was adorned with an autotype view of the building of the Chiswick Press in 1854; the second contained a woodcut, representing the river in front of College House, Chiswick, as it existed until a few years preceding the publication of the Almanac. The latter was very fairly got up and printed in black and colours" (PT&L vol. 7, no. 74, 15 Feb. 1881, p. 36)
• Included a calendar, common notes and moveable feasts in 1874, table of English Kings and Queens, foreign money in British value, Royal family of Great Britain, the Queen's ministers, sovereigns of Europe, public holidays, transfer days, dividends due, &c., stamp duties, census of Great Britain, inland and foreign postage rates, British Museum, public record office, South Kensington Museum, Archbishops and Bishops, Scottish Bishops, Irish Archbishops and Bishops, The Metrical System, University of Oxford, University of London, University College, London, Kings College, London, Sizes of Papers

Notes

• A note about the photograph in the front of the almanack reads: "The Photograph which accompanies this brochure is a view of College House, Chiswick, in which Mr. Charles Whittingham (uncle of the present Mr. Whittingham) carried on the Chiswick Press, and is printed in Woodburytype from a negative taken about the year 1854. It consisted of a large old-fashioned building, which was used as the printing office, a dwelling-house adjoining, and a large garden, and had previously been a boys' school. The business was removed to London in 1851, where, in order to be in a more central position, it was located in Tooks Court, and retains the name of Chiswick Press." There is also a dedication in the front to "The Friends of the Chiswick Press, With many hearty wishes for their health and prosperity, and for a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year" (Waterloo)
• "Printed for presentation to the friends of the Chiswick Press. The almanac for 1872 has for a frontispiece a steel-plate portrait of Milton" (Bigmore and Wyman 2:164-165)--Bigmore and Wyman list several other images in the 1873, 1874, and 1875 Almanacs
• "A thin quarto, a marvel of letterpress printing in its evenness, clearness, and elegance. The taste of the celebrated firm of printers is indisputable, and this little book proves that that Chiswick Press has not degenerated" ("Books" 122)
• Publisher's address: Tooks Court, Chancery Lane (in 1874)

Subject Categories

• Almanack
• Printing Trade

Issues

• Chiswick Press Literary Almanack (1872)
• Chiswick Press Literary Almanack (1873)
• Chiswick Press Literary Almanack (1874)
• Chiswick Press Literary Almanack (1875)

Sources that Discuss this Journal

• “The Bibliography” 7:36
• Bigmore and Wyman 2:164-65
• "Books Received" 122
• COPAC
• NSTC

Works Cited

• Bigmore, E. C., and C. W. H. Wyman. A Bibliography of Printing. 1880. Oak Knoll P and the British Library, 2001.
• “The Bibliography of Printing.” The Printing Times and Lithographer, vol. 7, nos. 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, Jan.-June 1881. HathiTrust.
• "Books Received." The Publishers' Circular, vol. 38, no. 898, 16 Feb. 1875, p. 122. Google Books.
• COPAC: Consortium of Online Public Access Catalogues. Library Hub Discover, JISC.
• NSTC (Nineteenth-Century Short Title Catalogue), in C19: The Nineteenth-Century Index, Chadwyck-Heaney, 2020. ProQuest.