The Stationer and Papermakers', Printers', and Bookbinders' Circular
Subtitle: “A Medium of Trade Communication and Advertising Circular for Stationers & Papermakers, Printers & Bookbinders; Music, Toy, & Pianoforte Dealers and Manufacturers; Berlin Wool Repositories; and all Persons Interested in the Fancy Trades”
Alternate Title(s)
- The English Stationer, Printer, Bookseller, and Fancy Goods Trader ("Our Exchanges")
Related Journals
Start Date(s)
End Date(s)
- 1865 (Stewart)
- 1912 (Brock)
Editor(s)
City
Circulation Count
- 4,000 (in 1882) (Hubbard)
Type of Content
• Contains trade notes of the month, Board of Trade statistics, new inventions, notices from the gazettes, sales by auction, notes and queries, answers to correspondents, advertisements (1859)
• "Supplements accompany some issues"
• “Contains: Articles upon all matters concerning the Trade; Trade Reports; Home, Foreign, and Colonial Reports by Special Correspondents; Histories, entitled ‘Our Manufacturing and Wholesale Houses’: their Rise and Progress; Notices of New Goods; Reviews of Books; Trade Chit-Chat; Business Changes; Legal Reports; Gazette; Correspondence; New Inventions; Miscellanes, etc., etc.” (Sell’s 1112)Notes
- Absorbed The Fancy Trades Register and Trade Circular for Stationers, Printers, etc. as "The Stationer, Printer, and Fancy Trades Register"
- "Obviously, a most successful formula had been discovered, and the proprietor of the Ironmonger (as Morgans' Circular was aptly re-titled), and others, quickly saw that it could be applied to other trades--hence The Stationer (1859-1912) . . ." (Brock 116); this is a "trades circular"
- "The oldest organ of the British stationery, printing, publishing and fancy goods trades. Thirty eighth year of publication" (Smith's 391)
- "The oldest established and only recognized organ of the stationery trades" (Sell's 1112)
- "Established in 1881" (Collins 225)
- "Circulates throughout the United Kingdom, America, India, and the Colonies, among trades embraced by the title. The English Stationer has the largest circulation and the smallest subscription of any journal in the trade" (Collins 225)
- "Principles: Neutral. A medium of trade communication for stationers, paper-makers, printers, bookbinders, and fancy warehousemen, dealers, &c. Contains articles on subjects pertinent to the trades represented, business changes, legal jottings, and notices of fancy articles, books, etc." (Mitchell's 1895, 78)
- Dean & Sons address: 160A Fleet Street, 6 Hand Court, Upper Thames St (BLT19 Database) and Mitchell's 1895, 78
Subject Categories
Sources that Discuss this Journal
- Willing’s 1891:109; 85; 2:1705; 391; 116; 78; 4:221; 225; 1887:463, 1112
Works Cited
- Willing’s (Late May’s) British and Irish Press Guide, and Advertiser’s Directory and Handbook. Willing’s Press Service. HathiTrust.
