The Quince Tree Press

Illustrated maps

Carr drew his first map in 1943, of England and Wales, while stationed in West Africa during the Second World War.

ISBN 0900847751

), but no maps have been seen with a printed ISBN.

The different versions of most county maps were not numbered or identified sequentially and only a few were dated, so it is hard to tell in which order they were published. Versions may be distinguished by the number of sheets printed, which was usually recorded on later maps, and assuming that the number was different for each version. The first versions of maps seem to have been issued in editions of 250, 350 or 500 sheets. Robert Carr has reported that some of the maps had editions related to the year in which they were printed. For example, an edition of 978 sheets was probably first published in 1978. The number of sheets of the versions recorded with an ISBN and seen or held in private or public collections are given below and range from 250 to 982 with an average of about 750. If the number of sheets issued was recorded on the version then each individual map was usually numbered by hand, although unnumbered copies are known. The number of different versions published before August 1987, the date of Carr's history of the Press, is shown in parentheses below[1] and at least three new maps (Buckinghamshire, Westmoreland and Wiltshire) were added after 1987. A total of 97 maps were either reported by Carr in his history of the Quince Tree Press,^[1] or have been seen. There may be more maps and more versions. A new map of Northamptonshire was produced in 2005 by Robert and Jane Carr.

Carr's illustrated maps were printed on single sheets of thick paper of various types and range in size from 50 to 65 cm high and 35 to 55 cm wide, depending on the shape of each county. The early maps were printed in monochrome but some were hand coloured by Sally Carr.^[1] Later maps were printed in colour. Most of the maps were numbered by hand and signed by Carr. Carr often sent proof copies of new maps to retailers. These were printed on thin, poor quality paper, and were marked PROOF. The maps were chiefly printed by Messrs Richardson or Seddon,^[1] local printers in Kettering.

The list below gives details where known of: the number of different maps of each county, shown in parentheses, as recorded by Carr in 1987 in his history of the Quince Tree Press;^[1] the date of publication with the ISBN, although such numbers seem only to have been applied to maps published between 1968 and 1976 and were not noted on the maps themselves; and the number of sheets, if known, which are not necessarily given in the order of publication.

• ISBN 0900847344
  ).
• ISBN 0900847042
  ).
• ISBN 0900847522
  ).
• ISBN 0900847816
  ).
• ISBN 0900847530
  ).
• ISBN 0900847824
  ).
• ISBN 0900847409
  ) and 1982 of 982 sheets?.
• ISBN 0900847514
  ).
• ISBN 0900847778
  ).
• ISBN 0900847549
  ) and 1980? of 980 sheets; other version, unknown.
• ISBN 0900847263
  ) and 1978? of 978 sheets.
• ISBN 0900847263
  ).
• ISBN 0900847840
  ), and 1982? of 982 sheets.
• ISBN 0900847425
  ); and other unknown.
• ISBN 0900847433
  ); and unknown date of 300 sheets.
• ISBN 0900847441
  ); and 1981 of 981 sheets?.
• ISBN 0900847328
  ) and 1981?, 572 and 981 sheets.
• ISBN 0900847557
  ).
• ISBN 0900847220
  ); and in 1980? of 980 sheets.
• ISBN 090084745X
  ); and 1980 of 980 sheets.
• ISBN 090084728X
  ); and in 1980? of 980 sheets.
• County Palatine of Lancaster
  Edition of 572 sheets.
• ISBN 0900847298
  ); in 1982? of 982 sheets; other unknown date of 572 sheets.
• ISBN 0900847107
  ); 1981? of 981 sheets; other edition unknown.
• ISBN 0900847506
  ).
• ISBN 0900847476
  ); and other edition unknown.
• ISBN 0900847468
  ); 1978 of 978 sheets; and 1980? of 980 sheets. New edition in 2005.
• ISBN 0900847204
  ); and 1980? of 980 sheets.
• ISBN 0900847565
  ).
• ISBN 0900847077
  ).
• ISBN 0900847859
  ); and 1978? of 978 sheets.
• Shropshire. Edition in October 1974 of 750 sheets.
• ISBN 0900847484
  ).
• ISBN 0900847573
  ); and 1982? of 982 sheets.
• ISBN 0900847492
  ); other map unknown.
• ISBN 0900847581
  ); and 1980 of 980 sheets.
• ISBN 0900847050
  ); and 1978 of 978 sheets.
• ISBN 0900847115
  ); in 1980? of 980 sheets; and other unknown
• ISBN 0900847751
  )
• ISBN 0900847182
  ).
• ISBN 0900847336
  ); and 1976? of 776 sheets.
• ISBN 0900847417
  ) and 1982?, 571, 572, 573, 773, 776 and 982 sheets.

Small books

Carr's small books are typically 16 stapled pages, 13.0 cm high by 9.5 cm wide, with illustrated card covers unless otherwise noted. Carr launched the series in 1966 with books of poems by William Blake, Andrew Marvell and John Clare whose grandson, Albert, a retired co-op milkman, lived on the same road.

A few books are dated or can be dated by their publication to coincide with a particular event, such as the Peasants' Revolt of 1381. Some books are numbered, but the numbers are not always unique: at least nine are numbered 71 (Francis Bacon, Thomas Bewick, Geoffrey Chaucer, John Donne, Hilda Frank, Joan Hassall, Samuel Johnson, Bryan North Lee and the Rossettis) and six are numbered 85 (John Bunyan, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Edwards Lear, the Devil's Dictionary, The Dictionary of Parsons and Henry Vaughan). It seems that Carr applied a partial numbering system retrospectively in the order in which he published the work of a poet. For example, a later impression of the poems of Andrew Marvell is numbered 3, but no impressions of any small books numbered 1 or 2 have been seen while no small books numbered 4,5 or 6 have been seen but two are numbered 7 (Rupert Brooke/Wilfred Owen and William Barnes). A few of the dictionaries list the impressions published but none of the books of poems list the printing history. Carr mostly had 3,000 copies printed at a time, sometimes using a different background colour on the cover for a new impression. Carr is known to have published at least 102 small books in his series, most of which are listed below. Many titles are currently reprinted by the Quince Tree Press, which is now run by Robert and Jane Carr in Bury St Edmunds, and they have published several new titles, which are noted.

Poets

Most small books are of the work of a single poet, some are of two, usually printed back to back, such as Rupert Brooke and Wilfred Owen. There are at least two editions of some poets: for example, there are two editions of poems by Thomas Herrick and George Byron, each issued with a different cover. But there are also at least two editions of different poems of John Clare, both of which used the same photograph of a bronze bust of Clare on the cover. The numbering of editions may not necessarily be consecutive. The first book of the poems of Robert Herrick, which is entitled Ten Poems and is not numbered, was probably published before the second, entitled Parson and Poet, which is numbered 9 in the series. Carr seems to have applied the number 9 retrospectively to the second book, perhaps because the first book of Herrick's poems was the ninth that he published. No numbered editions of the poems of William Blake or John Clare have been seen, which were two of the first three titles, but a later edition of the poems of Andrew Marvell is numbered 3.

• Matthew Arnold. The Scholar Gypsy and verses from Thyrsis. Cover by Christopher Fiddes.
• William Barnes. Ten Dorset dialect poems and Thomas Hardy's Farewell. Later impression, No. 7.
• Hilaire Belloc. Twenty-eight poems published at his grandson's wish. Cover by Christopher Fiddes. 2nd impression, No. 95.
• William Blake. Fourteen poems. Cover by Christopher Fiddes. Later impression, No. 92.
• Rupert Brooke and Wilfred Owen, printed back to back. Four sonnets and nine poems. Cover by J. L. Carr. Later impression, No. 7.
• Robert Browning. Seven poems. No. 92.
• Elizabeth Browning
  . Six poems and four sonnets. Cover by J. L. Carr.
• Robert Burns. Love songs. Cover by Christopher Fiddes. No. 63. Dated March 1, 1984.
• George Byron
  I. Poems.
• George Byron
  II. Three poems and from Don Juan. No. 95.
• Lewis Carroll. The Hunting of the Snark. Cover by J. L. Carr. No. 75.
• Geoffrey Chaucer. The Reeve's Tale. No. 71
• Gilbert Keith Chesterton. Twelve poems arranged by Heulwen Cox. No. 99
• John Clare. Sixteen poems.
• Samuel Coleridge
  . The Voyage of Coleridge's Ancient Mariner. Drawn and written down by Christopher Fiddes. 1978.
• Abraham Cowley. The Country Mouse written out and illustrated by David Hopkins.
• William Cowper. Selected poems. Later impression, No 84.
• George Crabbe. Peter Grimes (abridged). Cover by J. L. Carr.
• John Donne. Cover by J. L. Carr. Later impression, No. 71.
• John Dryden. Twelve satirical portraits. Cover by J. L. Carr.
• James Flecker
  . Six poems and from The Golden Journey. Cover by J. L. Carr. Later impression, No. 92.
• Oliver Goldsmith. The Deserted Village. Recalled by Christopher Fiddes, 1978. Later impression, No. 41.
• Thomas Gray. Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard. Cover by Christopher Fiddes.
• Thomas Hardy. Fourteen poems. Illustrated by Christopher Fiddes. Later impression, No 49.
• George Herbert. Eleven poems. Cover by J. L. Carr.
• Robert Herrick I. Ten Poems.
• Robert Herrick II. Parson and poet. 23 poems or extracts. No. 9.
• Tom Hood. Six poems. Cover by J. L. Carr. No. 69.
• Gerard Hopkins
  . Fifteen poems, edited and cover by Nina Steane. No 85.
• A. E. Housman. Poems from A Shropshire Lad. Cover by Christopher Fiddes. No. 90.
• John Keats. Eight poems and extracts from letters edited by Elizabeth Farrer.
• Rudyard Kipling. Nine poems. Cover by William Strang. No. 92.
• Charles Lamb and Thomas Moore
  . Essay Dream Children by Lamb and nine poems by Moore.
• Edward Lear. Five poems. No. 85.
• Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Extracts from The Song of Hiawatha. Cover by J. L. Carr. No. 18.
• Omar Khayyam translated by Edward Fitzgerald. Extracts from The Rubaiyat. Cover by J. L. Carr.
• Thomas Macaulay
  . Extracts from How Horatius Held the Bridge. Cover by J. L. Carr.
• Andrew Marvell I. Five poems. Contains: To his coy mistress, The Garden, The Bermudas, From An Horatian ode, from Appleton House. No. 3
• Andrew Marvell II. Contains: To his coy mistress, The Garden, from Appleton House, The Bermudas, Cromwell's return from Ireland, plus 3 rhyming portraits for Henry Jermyn, Earl of St Albans; Ann Hyde, Duchess of York; and Charles II's mistress, the Countess of Castlemaine.
• John Milton. Il Penseroso and L'Allegro. Later impression, No. 85.
• William Morris. The haystack in the floods and four others.
• Wilfred Owen. Eight poems (and four blank pages).
• Alexander Pope. Extract from An essay on Man and An Essay On Criticism. Cover by J. L. Carr.
• Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Fifteen poems.
• Dante Gabriel Rossetti and Christina Rossetti. Eight poems and nine poems. Cover by Nina Carroll. Later impression, No. 71.
• Walter Scott. Poems. Seven poems. No. 78
• William Shakespeare. Sixteen sonnets. Cover by J. L. Carr. Later impression, No. 50.
• Percy Shelley
  . Eight poems and some letters. Edited by Elizabeth Farrer. Cover by Christopher Fiddes.
• John Skelton. Five poems. Cover by J. L. Carr. No. 66.
• Christopher Smart. Lines from Rejoice in the lamb. No 63.
• Robert Louis Stevenson. Twenty one poems. Cover by Christopher Fiddes.
• Algernon Charles Swinburne. Nine poems. Cover by J. L. Carr. No. 73.
• Alfred Tennyson
  1. Lincolnshire Landscape
• Alfred Tennyson
  2. Mariana and eight poems. Cover by Christopher Fiddes.
• Edward Thomas. Adlestrop and eleven poems. Edited by Sally Muir, illustrated by Peter Newcombe.
• Francis Thompson and Ernest Dowson. The Hound of Heaven and others.
• Henry Vaughan. Sacred poems and private ejaculations. No. 85.
• Oscar Wilde. Extracts from The Ballad of Reading Gaol. Cover by J. L. Carr.
• William Wordsworth. Daffodils and fourteen poems. Cover by Christopher Fiddes.

Collected poems

• The death of Parcy Reed. The Battle of Otterburn. Cover by J. L. Carr. No. 76.
• A Christmas Book. An anthology of words and pictures. No. 52. (Reissued by R. D. & J. M Carr,
  ISBN 1-904016-04-9
  )
• The Hearth and Home Reciter. Elizabeth Welbourn's Celebrated Reciter for all Occasions. Sixteen poems plus guidance for elocutionists. No 55.

Carr said that he was planning other dictionaries[7] and a dictionary of Alchemists is listed inside the back cover of Forrest's Dictionary of Eponymous Places but, according to Robert Carr, it was never published. The Dictionaries are listed below in what is believed to be their order of publication.

• J. L. Carr (1977). Carr's Dictionary of Extra-ordinary English cricketers. 126 entries. First published July 1977. Revised September 1977, January 1978.
• J. L. Carr (1977). Carr's Dictionary of English Queens, Kings' Wives, Celebrated Paramours, Handfast Spouses and Royal Changelings. The Quince Tree Press. 91 entries. No. 84. (
  ISBN 0-900847-78-6). First published to coincide with the Queen's Silver Jubilee.^[3]
• A. J. Forrest (1978). Forrest's Dictionary of Eponymists. 135 entries. First published February 1978, revised April and November 1978.
• J. L. Carr. Carr's Dictionary of English Kings, Consorts, Pretenders, Usurpers, Unnatural Claimants and Royal Athelings. The Quince Tree Press. 107 entries. (Reissued by R. D. & J. M. Carr,
  ISBN 1-904016-02-2
  ).
• R. G. E. Sandbach. Sandbach's Dictionary of Astonishing British Animals. 105 entries collected by R. G. E. Sandbach, edited by J. L. Carr. A later edition with a green, not blue, cover has an Appendix with another 37 entries.
• J. L. Carr (1985). Gidner's Brief Lives of the Frontier. 88 entries. No. 77. Issued as a companion volume to The Battle of Pollocks Crossing, published in 1985.
• J. L. Carr. Welbourn's Dictionary of Prelates, Parsons, Vergers, Wardens, Sidesmen and Preachers, Sunday-school teachers, Hermits, Ecclesiastical Flower-arrangers, Fifth Monarchy Men and False Prophets. 129 entries. No. 85.
• Ambrose Bierce. The Devil's Dictionary. 223 entries selected by Mike Hill. No 85.
• A. J. Forrest. Forrest's Dictionary of Eponymous Places. 108 entries. No. 94. A reissue in 1990 of a title first published by A. J. Forrest himself in 1981.
• J. L. Carr. A Dictionary of Extraordinary English cricketers Volume 2. 79 entries and a poem by Francis Meynell. No 95.
• J. L. Carr (2005). Carr's Dictionary of Extra-ordinary English cricketers. Introduction by
  ISBN 978-1-84513-081-7
  ).

Although Carr's first picture book celebrated the work of the English wood engraver Thomas Bewick, his main aim was to champion the small number of 20th century wood engravers, whose work he thought was neglected.^[2] Each book contains small reproductions of examples of each artist's work with no text, usually printed on better quality paper than the small books of poems. Of the 19 artist's picture books, 15 were published by J. L. Carr and four new artists have been added to the series by Robert and Jane Carr.

• Thomas Bewick. Extracts from his autobiography and engravings. No. 71.
• Joseph Crawhall. The Babes in the Wood and 22 prints.
• George Cruikshank. The Black Bottle, designed By Heulwen Williams (1991), No 100.
• Clare Dalby's Picture Book. No. 93.
• Edwina Ellis. The Picture Book of Edwina Ellis.
• Myles Birket Foster. Seventeen engravings.
• Hilda Frank. The Picture Book of Hilda Frank. No. 71.
• Marie Hartley's Picture Book. (Published by R.D. & J.M. Carr)
• Joan Hassall's Picture Book. No. 71.
• John Lawrence's Picture Book. No. 99.
• George Mackley's Picture Book.
• ISBN 1-904016-00-6
  )
• Hilary Paynter's Picture Book.
• Monica Poole's Picture Book. No. 84.
• ISBN 1-904016-05-7
  )
• Yvonne Skargon's Picture Book. (Published by R.D. & J.M. Carr)
• Ian Stephens's Picture Book, No 94.
• Margaret Wells
  ' Picture Book, arranged by Heulwen Williams, No 95.
• Sarah van Niekerk Her Picture Book. No. 61.

Other picture books

• A Little Book of Bookplates. Thirty-six bookplates selected by Bryan (= Brian) North Lee. No 71.
• The Good Children's Book. Seventeen prints illustrating moral behaviour. A facsimile of an 1820 edition.
• The Pleasing Instructor. Or, A Packet of Pictures for all good children with prose explanations and poetical applications embellished with numerous engravings. No 95.

Text by English and other writers

• John Aubrey. Fifty-six brief lives.
• Jane Austen. The History of England by a Partial, Prejudiced and Ignorant Historian. First published November 1977.
• Francis Bacon. Six essays as published contemporaneously. No 71.
• John Bunyan. From The Pilgrim's Progress. Cover by J. L. Carr. Woodcuts by Christoper Fiddes. No. 85.
• William Cobbett. Edited by Edmund Kirby. Cover by J. L. Carr.
• The Song of Songs. Extracts from The King James Version, No. 90.
• Edward Gibbon. The Fall of Constantinople. Cover by J. L. Carr.
• Samuel Johnson. The Sayings of Chairman Johnson. One letter and various pronouncements edited by Edmund Kirby. No. 71.
• Thomas Malory. Le Morte d'Arthur. Cover by J. L. Carr.
• ISBN 1-904016-18-9
  )
• ISBN 1-904016-15-4
  ).
• Sydney Smith. Biographical and conversational extracts. Cover by Sally Carr.
• ISBN 1-904016-17-0
  )
• ISBN 0-900847-98-0
  ).

This is the heading given by Carr to these books in An inventory and history of The Quince Tree Press etc.[1]

• The Poor Man's guide to the Revolt of 1381. No. 50?
• The Young Woman's Old Testament. Verbatim extracts from King James's version typical of their authors' attitude towards women. No. 85.

Commissioned celebratory cards

These were illustrated cards in the style of maps with many small drawings and hand-written notes.

• Forefathers, a guide to Anglo-Norse carvings dedicated to Edmund Blunden.
• Pictorial Guide to St Mary's Church, the Chichele School and the Bede House at Highham Ferrers.
• Pictorial Guide to Peterborough Cathedral.
• The One Thousandth Anniversary of Earls Barton Church.
• The One Thousandth Anniversary of Brixworth Church
• The Two Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary of the Ordination of Philip Doddridge, Northampton.
• Northamptonshire Baptismal Fonts.
• Northamptonshire Steeples and Spires.
• Northamptonshire.
• Norman Northamptonshire

References

External links

• Quince Tree Press
• Bibliography of the novels and publications of J.L. Carr
• Article on Carr's dictionaries republished in The Dabbler from the quarterly magazine Slightly Foxed