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Matthew Arnold

Carr reported in his History of the QTP (1987) that he had published three editions or impressions of poems by Matthew Arnold (1822-1888). Only two have been seen. Arnold is recorded on the second and third editions of the maps of Warwickshire.


(Last updated on 2/11/2020)



SBP-ARN1: First edition?


Cover title: Matthew Arnold

Publisher: J.L. Carr Publisher, 27 Milldale Road, Kettering

Year: 1969?

ISBN: none

Size: 129 x 97 mm

Pagination: 16

Staples: one

Binding: printed whte glossy card covers

Paper: white

Illustrations: none

Editor: (J.L. Carr)

Cover artist: 'Cover by Christopher Fiddes, Manor Cottage, Cogenhoe'

Internal illustrations: none

Number in series: none given

Colophon: Sun face 1964 with address below

Telephone number: Kettering 4995

Printing history: none stated

Number of other titles listed: 15

Printer: Harry Richardson (Printers) Ltd, Water Street, Kettering

Content: Dates and seven lines from 'Sohrab and Rustom, An Episode' (inside front cover); biographical anecdotes (p 1); The Scholar Gypsy (p 2-14); Dover Beach (p 15-16).


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Notes: I think that this was the first edition, even though 15 other titles are listed and the impression below lists none. This is mainly because the full colophon with telephone number is given, and when the new area dialing code was introduced, it meant that Carr's phone number changed. The edition below gives the new area code and shows only the sun face of the colophon because KET 4995 no longed existed. One of the 15 titles listed is John Wesley, which wasn't published.




SBP-ARN2: Second edition?


Cover title: The Scholar Gipsy and verses from Thyrsis

Publisher: 27 Mill Dale Road, Kettering

Year: (August 1975)

ISBN: (090084762X)

Size: 127 x 94 mm

Pagination: 16 pp

Staples: one

Paper: pale cream

Binding: cream printed matt card covers

Editor: (J.L. Carr)

Cover artist: 'The drawings are by Christopher Fiddes'

Internal illustrations: 13 half-page and 1 full-page illustration by Christopher Fiddes

Number in series: none given

Colophon: Sun face 1964 only

Telephone number: 0536-514995

Printing history: none stated

Number of other titles listed: none

Printer: none stated

Content: Dates and biographical anecdotes (inside front cover); The Scholar Gypsy (pp 1-11); verses from Thyrsis (pp 13-16)


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Notes: This small book names Mathew Arnold, 1822-1888, inside the front cover but does not name Carr as the publisher, only his address is given. As the telephone number gives an area code and the colophon has been trimmed down to the sun face only, it suggests that it is a later edition than the one above, even though no other titles are listed. If that's correct, the date reported here is the date that the ISBN was registered as having been used, presumably by Carr. The ISBN is not printed on the book and I don't think it was applied to the first edition.




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