Truslove and Hanson
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Founded | 1893 |
Founder | Joseph Truslove, Frank Hanson |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Headquarters location | London |
Nonfiction topics | art, crafts, travel |
Truslove & Hanson was a minor independent publishing firm that ran a number of fashionable bookshops in the
Partners
In 1893 Joseph Truslove, who since 1890 had traded as a bookseller and publisher from 143 Oxford Street, London, went into partnership with Frank Hanson, who had been the London representative of Simpkin Marshall.
In 1899 Truslove and Hanson entered into partnership with T. Ernest Comba and Joseph Shaylor to open a New York office, operating as Truslove, Hanson & Comba from 67 Fifth Avenue.[1] In 1903 this became the New York branch of John Lane. Comba (1851–1921) specialized in selling French, Italian and Spanish books.[2]
Bookshops
Truslove's original premises in 143 Oxford Street were supplemented by a bookshop in
The bookshops became a subsidiary of
In 1969, Truslove & Hanson acquired the Times Library.[5]
Publications
Truslove and Hanson were particularly notable as publishers for their list of works on art and design, with Joseph Truslove becoming a member of the Arts Club in 1910.
They published several editions of
Other notable publications include Henry Ling Roth's, The Natives of Sarawak and British North Borneo (1896) and Oriental Silverwork (1910); John Henry Cardwell's, Men and Women of Soho: Famous and Infamous (1904); and Joseph Shaylor's The Pleasures of Bookland (1914).
See also
References
- ^ The Dial (1900), p. 366.
- ^ Obituary of T. Ernest Comba in Publishers Weekly, Apr. 2, 1921. Accessed 19 June 2010.
- ^ Ramachandra Guha A Viceroy's Reading List[usurped], The Hindu, Mar. 28, 2004. Accessed 14 June 2010.
- ^ The Bookseller (1982), p. 1858.
- ^ Tamsin Kitch, The Times Book Club and The Well of Loneliness, The Times, April 14, 2010.
External links
- An image of author Frederick Forsyth at a signing in Truslove & Hanson, Sloane Street, on 25 September 1972. From the Hulton Picture Library.