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The Quince Tree Press was established by J L Carr as the publishing house for a series
of ‘Pocket Books’: small selections from the great poets (but exclusively those out
of copyright); idiosyncratic Dictionaries, small Histories & volumes of Fabled Saying.
Later a series of Wood Engravers, contemporary or near contemporary were added. The
hand-
The first six novels were initially published by conventional publishing houses,
but as they went out of print the rights were reacquired and QTP editions produced.
The last two novels ‘H&F’ and ‘Hetty’ were produced entirely in-
JLC died in 1994 but the business remains within the family. Where he managed it
part-
All the novels, except for Harpole & Foxberrow, are in print and available direct from the QTP
The original colophon; the house in Kettering where JLC and family lived. The quince stands in the front garden.
The present colophon, but do not use this address, we are now in Bury St Edmunds, & the quince is in the back garden