Related Journals

• British & Colonial Printer & Stationer, and Newspaper Press Record
  • Was originally the British & Colonial Printer & Stationer and Newspaper Record (which ran from 1878-79); Paper and Print split off when the latter became the British & Colonial Printer & Stationer, and Paper Trade Review (also published by Stonhill and Gillis)

Start Date(s)

• 1879 (journal itself)

End Date(s)

• 1884 (Shattock)

Editor(s)

• Gough, Henry Francis

Printer/Publisher(s)

• S. Straker & Sons

City

• London, England (journal itself)

Circulation Count

• 5000 (Hubbard)

Type of Content

• Contains (in 1879): "Printers' gospel, almanack and calendar, cricket, for sale, periodicals in prospect, law and police, provincial intelligence, advertisements"; (in 1880): "notes of the week, correspondents, foreign notes, editorial chat" (Waterloo Online)

Notes

• "The only weekly Printing-trade organ issued in England at the present time [1881]" (Bigmore and Wyman vol. 2, p. 181)
• "The first volume was completed July 24, 1880, consisting of 416 pages; a new volume was begun the following week, and the publication is regularly continued" (Bigmore and Wyman vol. 2, p. 181)
• "In adopting for this Weekly Newspaper the title of Paper and Print, we are desirous that its name should be understood to include and represent all the branches of industry associated with, and dependent upon, the great and ever-increasing Paper and Printing Trades. We purpose to collect and chronicle all news affecting these industries. We also hope, through the aid afford us by able writers, to guide the employers and teach the toilers, not in a mere utilitarian spirit, but with a view to the dissemination of technical knowledge and the cultivation of artistic excellence" ("A Few Prefatory Words," vol. 1, no 1, 1879, p. 1)
• "Originally published by Messrs. Straker & Co. of Bishopsgate Avenue, and printed at their works at Redhill, the journal is now [in 1881] printed by its editor, proprietor, and publisher, Mr. Henry Francis Gough, at 21 Maude Road, Camberwell" ("The Bibliography" vol. 7, p. 92)
• Waterloo lists Henry Joseph Vickers as publisher in 1880 (Waterloo Online). Vickers was a news agent known for his wholesale newspaper publishing company. His address in 1876, 1884, and 1891 was 317 Strand, according to Publishers' Circular 
• Publisher's address (Stonhill and Gillis, in 1883): 26-30 Imperial Buildings, Ludgate Circus

Subject Categories

• Newspapers
• Paper & Stationery
• Printing Trade
• Publishing
• Typography

Issues

• Paper and Print 1.1 (2 Aug. 1879)

Sources that Discuss this Journal

• “The Bibliography” vol. 7, p. 92
• Bigmore and Wyman vol. 2, p. 181
• COPAC
• Hubbard 1882, p. 1647
• Shattock p. 52
• Stewart vol. 3, p. 500
• Ulrich and Kup p. 53, 84
• Waterloo (online)

Works Cited

• “The Bibliography of Printing.” The Printing Times and Lithographer, vol. 7, nos. 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, Jan.-June 1881. HathiTrust.
• Bigmore, E. C., and C. W. H. Wyman. A Bibliography of Printing. 1880. Oak Knoll P and the British Library, 2001.
• 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.
• Shattock, Joanne. The Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature. Vol. 4: 1800-1900. Edited by Frederick W. Bateson. 3rd ed. Cambridge UP. 1999.
• Stewart, James D., editor. British Union-Catalogue of Periodicals. 4 vols. Butterworths, 1968.
• Ulrich, Carolyn F., and Karl Kup. Books and Printing: A Selected List of Periodicals, 1800-1942. W. E. Rudge, 1943.
• The Waterloo Directory of English Newspapers and Periodicals: 1800-1900, edited by John S. North. North Waterloo Academic Press, 2009.