Eyre and Spottiswoode
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Employer | Graham Greene | GG
also worked as director for two different London publishing houses: for Eyre and Spottiswoode
from 1944 (when he resigned from the secret service) to 1948 and for Bodley Head
for ten years beginning in... |
| Publishing | Ivy Compton-Burnett | In 1946 Graham Greene
, who worked for the publisher Eyre and Spottiswoode
, tried to arrange for his employers to reissue the seven-year-old A Family and a Fortune as well as ICB
's three... |
| Publishing | Antonia White | It then appeared as the first book issued by the new firm of Desmond Harmsworth
, whose founder and owner was the lover of AW
's friend Wyn Henderson
. Two thousand copies were printed... |
| Reception | Antonia White | AW
had used Sylvaine's name for a fictional actress flourishing some years before the real June Sylvaine was born. Her publisher, Eyre and Spottiswoode
, played safe by withdrawing copies of the book. The case... |
Timeline
Around 1812
The publishing firm of Eyre and Spottiswoode
was established in London; it originated from the publishing business begun by William Strahan
some fifty years earlier.