The Stationer, Printer & Fancy Trades’ Register

Alternate Title(s)

  • The English Stationer, Printer, Bookseller, and Fancy Goods Trader ("Our Exchanges")

Related Journals

Start Date(s)

  • 1880 (COPAC)
  • 1881 (Collins)
  • 1865 (COPAC)

End Date(s)

  • 1912 (Brock)

Editor(s)

City

  • London, England (journal itself)

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. Supplements accompany some issues" (Waterloo Online)
  • “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; Miscellanies, etc., etc.” (Sell’s 1887, p. 1112)

Notes

  • "The oldest organ of the British stationery, printing, publishing and fancy goods trades. Thirty eighth year of publication" (Smith’s p. 391)
  • "The oldest established and only recognized organ of the stationery trades" (Sell's 1887, p. 1112)
  • "Established in 1881" (Collins p. 225)--perhaps referring to a variant title?
  • "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 p. 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, p. 78)
  • "Obviously, a most successful formula had been discovered, and the proprietor of the Ironmonger (as Morgans' Circular was aptly retitled), and others, quickly saw that it could be applied to other trades--hence The Stationer (1859-1912)" (Brock p. 116)
  • Evolution of titles:
    • The Stationer and Papermakers’, Printers’, and Bookbinders’ Circular (1859-1865)
    • The Fancy Trades Register and Trade Circular for Stationers, Printers, Binders, Music, Toy, & Pianoforte Dealers and Manufacturers, etc. (1865-1865)
    • The Stationer and Fancy Trades’ Register (1865-1880)
    • The Stationer, Printer, & Fancy Trades’ Register (1880-1912)
  • Publisher’s address (Dean & Sons) in 1895: 160A Fleet Street, 6 Hand Court, Upper Thames St. (BLT19 Database; Mitchell’s 1895, p. 78)

Subject Categories

Sources that Discuss this Journal

  • BLT19
  • Brock p. 116
  • COPAC
  • Collins p. 225
  • Hubbard vol. 2, p. 1705
  • Mitchell’s 1895 p. 78
  • Sell 1887, p. 463, 1112
  • Shattock p. 85
  • Smith's p. 391
  • Stewart vol. 4, p. 221
  • Waterloo (online)
  • Willing’s 1891, p. 109

Works Cited

  • BLT19 Trade and Professional Press Database 1900. Created by Andrew King, 2020.
  • Brock, W. H. "The Development of Commercial Science Journals." The Development of Science Publishing in Europe, edited by A. J. Meadows. Elsevier Science P, 1980, pp. 95-122.
  • Collins, Louis. "The English Stationer." The Advertisers' Guardian, no. 2. London, 1885, p. 225. Google Books.
  • COPAC: Consortium of Online Public Access Catalogues. Library Hub Discover, JISC.
  • Hubbard, Harlan P. Hubbard's Newspaper and Bank Directory of the World. Hubbard, 1882-84. Google Books.
  • Mitchell’s Newspaper Press Directory and Advertiser’s Guide. C. Mitchell, 1895.
  • Sell, Henry. Sell’s Dictionary of the World’s Press. Sell’s Advertising Agency, 1883-1915. Google Books.
  • Shattock, Joanne. The Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature. Vol. 4: 1800-1900. Edited by Frederick W. Bateson. 3rd ed. Cambridge UP. 1999.
  • Smith's Advertising Agency, London. Successful Advertising: Its Secrets Explained by Smith's Advertising Agency. Smith's Advertising Agency, 1902. HathiTrust.
  • Stewart, James D., editor. British Union-Catalogue of Periodicals. 4 vols. Butterworths, 1968.
  • The Waterloo Directory of English Newspapers and Periodicals: 1800-1900, edited by John S. North. North Waterloo Academic Press, 2009.
  • Willing’s (Late May’s) British and Irish Press Guide, and Advertiser’s Directory and Handbook. Willing’s Press Service. HathiTrust.
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