Eyre & Spottiswoode
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Eyre and Spottiswoode was the London based printing firm that became the Queen's printers and then also publishers.
[edit] History
William Strahan established his printing house in London in 1739 and by 1769 had a share in both the King's Printing House and the Law Printing House. George Edward Eyre and William Spottiswoode were printers to the Queen's most excellent majesty for Her Majesty's Stationery Office in 1875. Through his partnership with Charles Eyre and his son's with Robert Spottiswoode, the company now operates as Eyre & Spottiswoode. Andrew Spottiswoode, was a family member of the firm.
[edit] Embarrassing Event
In 1920 the firm experienced the dubious distinction of being the first to publish, if not in the "King's English," at least in printed book form, the subsequent notorious text, under the title, The Jewish Peril: Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion.
However, as Norman Cohn points out, a distinction is to be made between the printer and the publisher of the same name. The book, or pamplet, shows it was published by "EYRE & SPOTTISWOODE LTD." Says Cohn in footnote 4, page 167, in Warrant for Genocide:
"It seems that this edition of the Protocols was printed to private commission and
therefore bears the imprint of the printers, Eyre & Spotiswoode Ltd[.], instead
of a publisher's imprint. The firm of Eyre & Spotiswoode (Publishers) Ltd was not
founded until April 1929."
[edit] Reference
- Warrant for Genocide
- (London: Serif, 1996)
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