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Forrest's Dictionary of Eponymists
This was the first Dictionary published by Carr that was written by someone else. The author, A.J. Forrest, also compiled a Dictionary of Eponymous Places, which Carr published and Forrest's Dictionary of Eponymous Fictions in 1982 (ISBN 0950805408), which Mr Forrest self-published. Alex John Forrest was a journalist and author who was a special correspondent at the Nuremberg trials in 1946, according to the web site of his old school, Framlingham. He was the author of books on village cricket, Interpol and flint knapping.
Carr reported in the History of the QTP that he had published four impressions of the Dictionary of Eponymists, but seven have been seen or are assumed and are the second and third impressions, based on the fact that two revisions of the first edition are indicated. The later editions give the same reprint date of 1982, but differ in the colour of the paper used and the name of the printer, so were probably issued in the later 1980s. The printing plate for the cover is also shown below.
(Last updated on 19/3/2021)
SBD-FORE1: First edition
Publisher: J.L. Carr Publisher, 27 Mill Dale Road, Kettering
Year: (February) 1978
ISBN: None
Size: 132 x 98 mm
Pages: 16 pp
Staples: one
Binding: white printed glossy card covers
Paper: white
Editor: A.J. Forrest
Cover artist: (J.L. Carr)
Internal illustrations: none
Number in series: not stated
Colophon: house
Telephone number: none stated
Printing history: none stated
Number of other titles listed: 30
Printed by: Central Printing Works (Kettering) Ltd.
Content:: title, author; dedication to Mlle. Antoinette de Poubelle; copyright; 120 entries. Entries in the first edition that were dropped were: Sir John Anderson and Lord Raglan.
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SBD-FORE2: Second impression
Publisher: J.L. Carr Publisher, 27 Mill Dale Road, Kettering
Year: April 1978 (revised)
ISBN: None
Size:xxx x xx mm
Pages: 16 pp
Staples: one
Binding: printed card covers
Paper:
Editor: (J.L. Carr)
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SBD-FORE3: Third impression
Publisher: J.L. Carr Publisher, 27 Mill Dale Road, Kettering
Year: November 1978 (revised)
ISBN: None
Size: 132 x 98 mm
Pages: 16 pp
Staples: one
Binding: printed card covers
Paper:
Editor: (J.L. Carr)
Cover artist: (J. L. Carr)
Internal illustrations: None
Number in series: Not stated
Colophon: House
Telephone number: Not given
Printing history: Published February 1978; Revised April and November 1978
Number of other titles listed: 30
Printed by: Central Printing Works (Kettering) Ltd.
Content: 136 entries
Rear and front covers
Inside rear cover
Notes: Additions compared with 1st edition: St Audrey, Edmund Clerihew Bentley, Thomas Crapper, Derrick, Sir William Gage, Governor Eldridge Gerry, Sir Frederick Hobday, Patrick Hooligan, Co. Martinet, Onan, Christopher Pinchbeck, Cesar Ritz, Adolphe Sax, Simon (Magus), Givanni Spinetti, John B. Stetson.
SBD-FORE4: Fourth impression
Publisher: J.L. Carr Publisher, 27 Mill Dale Road, Kettering
Year: 1979
ISBN: None
Size: 132 x 98 mm
Pages: 16 pp
Staples: one
Binding: white printed glossy card covers
Paper: white
Editor: A.J. Forrest
Cover artist: (J.L. Carr)
Internal illustrations: none
Number in series: not stated
Colophon: house
Telephone number: none stated
Printing history: Published February 1978. Revised April and November 1978. Reprinted 1979.
Number of other titles listed: 37
Printed by: Harry Richardson (Printers) Ltd., Dryden Street, Kettering.
Content: title, author; dedication to Mlle. Antoinette de Poubelle; copyright; 137 entries.
Notes: This revised edition contained 16 new entries.
Rear and front covers
Inside rear cover
SBD-FORE5: Fifth impression
Publisher: J.L. Carr Publisher, 27 Mill Dale Road, Kettering
Year: 1982
ISBN: None
Size: 134 x 95 mm
Pages: 16 pp
Staples: two
Binding: white printed matt card covers
Paper: white
Editor: A.J. Forrest
Cover artist: (J.L. Carr)
Internal illustrations: none
Number in series: not stated
Colophon: house
Telephone number: none stated
Printing history: Published February 1978; Revised April and November 1978; Reprinted 1982
Number of other titles listed: 37
Printed by: none stated
Content: title, author; dedication to Mlle. Antoinette de Poubelle; copyright; 137 entries.
Notes: This impression is the same as the sixth, but is printed on white paper, not cream paper
Rear and front covers
Inside rear cover
SBD-FORE6: Sixth impression
Publisher: J.L. Carr Publisher, 27 Mill Dale Road, Kettering
Year: 1982
ISBN: None
Size: 131 x 99 mm
Pages: 16 pp
Staples: two
Binding: white printed matt card covers
Paper: cream
Editor: A.J. Forrest
Cover artist: (J.L. Carr)
Internal illustrations: none
Number in series: not stated
Colophon: house
Telephone number: none stated
Printing history: Published February 1978; Revised April and November 1978; Reprinted 1982
Number of other titles listed: 37
Printed by: none stated
Content: title, author; dedication to Mlle. Antoinette de Poubelle; copyright; 137 entries.
Notes: This impression is the same as the fifth, but is printed on cream paper, not white paper
Rear and front covers
Inside rear cover
SBD-FORE7: Seventh impression
Publisher: J.L. Carr Publisher, 27 Mill Dale Road, Kettering
Year: edition copyright 1982, but printed later
ISBN: None
Size: 133 x 99 mm
Pages: 16 pp
Staples: one
Binding: white printed matt card covers
Paper: white
Editor: A.J. Forrest
Cover artist: (J.L. Carr)
Internal illustrations: none
Number in series: not stated
Colophon: house
Telephone number: none stated
Printing history: Published February 1978; Revised April and November 1978; Reprinted 1982
Number of other titles listed: 37
Printed by: Seddon Packaging and Printing, Dryden Street, Kettering
Content: title, author; dedication to Mlle. Antoinette de Poubelle; copyright; 137 entries.
Rear and front covers
Inside rear cover
Notes: This impression is assumed to be the last. It was printed by Seddon Printing and Packaging, one of the last printers used by JLC.
Printing plate
Printer: Central Printing Works (Kettering) Ltd.
Year: not dated
Size: plate 143 x 206 mm; printing surface 134 x 198 mm
Notes: This is a scan of the first printing plate made to print the cover of this Dictionary.
Printing plate for covers