W. Metcalfe and Son explained

W. Metcalfe and Son was a printer and publisher in Cambridge during the 19th and early 20th centuries. Its office has been located on Green Street,^[1] Trinity Street^[2] and St Mary's Street. A large number of books about Cambridge were published by W. Metcalfe and Sons during that era.^[3] In 1836, William Metcalfe was a contender for the printer of Cambridge University Press, but was defeated by John Parker.^[4]

The Cambridge General Advertiser, first issued in 1839, was printed by William Metcalfe and Jonathan Palmer. Metcalfe continued as printer until 1846, after which it changed hands a number of times before closing in 1850.^[5]

, W Metcalfe and Sons Ltd is cooperated in Appersett.

Books

The Railway traveller's walk through Cambridge

Editions:

1. 186- -
2. 1862 -, Microfilm:
3. 1864 -
4. 1867 -, Microfilm:
5. 1873 -
6. 1880 -, Microfilm:
7. 1882? -
8. Book: The Cambridge visitor's guide, being the eighth edition of the Railway traveller's walk through Cambridge . 1895 . 35320650 .
9. Book: The visitor's guide to Cambridge ... being the ninth edition of Railway traveller's walk through Cambridge . White, William (Sub-Librarian of Trinity College, Cambridge) . Cambridge . 1896 . 35320690 . Metcalfe & Co. .

Reprints:

• 1897 - (reprint of eight edition)
• Book: The visitor's guide to Cambridge. Second edition, corrected and enlarged. being the ninth edition of the Railway traveller's walk through Cambridge . 2nd . White, William . Cambridge . 1898 . Metcalfe & Co. .

Others

• Book: Hortus cantabrigiensis; or, a catalogue of plants indigenous and exotic . Donn, James . James Donn . Frederick Pursh. Cambridge Botanic Garden. Cambridge University Botanic Garden. 1811 . 6th . 5958592 . W. Metcalfe . Cambridge .
• Book: Annals of Cambridge (Volume 4) . Cooper, Charles Henry . Charles Henry Cooper . Metcalfe & Palmer . 1852 . ^[3]
• Book: An Elementary Treatise on the Lunar Theory: with a brief sketch of the history of the problem up to the time of Newton . Godfray, Hugh . Hugh Godfray . 1859 . . . 9859269 .
• Book: Memorials of Cambridge: A New Edition (3 volumes) . Cooper, Charles Henry . 1860–1866 . William Metcalfe . Cambridge . 31309671. Internet Archive^{[6] [7]}
• Book: A handbook for visitors to Cambridge . Deck, Norris . Norris Deck . Cambridge . William Metcalfe . 1862 . 12911584 .
• Book: The new Cambridge guide or handbook for visitors . Cambridge . William Metcalfe . 1963 . ^[3]
• Book: Biblical studies . William Robinson . Baptist minister . London . Longmans, Green . 1866 . 25416905 .
• Book: The new Cambridge guide : with a short account of Cambridgeshire, Isle of Ely, and Wisbech . Deck, Norris . 2nd . Cambridge . W. Metcalfe . 1868 . 18008666 . ^[3]
• Book: Costumes of the University of Cambridge . Cambridge . W. Metcalfe . 1875 . 4265384 . 0-85122-194-7 . ^[3]
• Book: Salmon, George . George Salmon . A Treatise on the Analytic Geometry of Three Dimensions . 1882 . W. Metcalfe. and Son . Cambridge . 1-4021-0018-3 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20061201163252/http://math-doc.ujf-grenoble.fr/LiNuM/TM/Gallica/S099673.html . 2006-12-01 . ^[8] Reprinted in 2002 by Adamant Media.
• Book: . Bowling, Edward Woodley . 1881 . Cambridge . W. Metcalfe & Son . 21203107 . s:Author:Edward Woodley Bowling .
• Book: Where to House the London Poor . Alfred Marshall . Alfred Marshall . 1885 . 32517008 . W. Metcalfe and Son . Cambridge .
• Book: Sagittulae, Random Verses . Bowling, Edward Woodley . 1885 . Cambridge . W. Metcalfe & Son . 25002058 .
• Book: Founders and benefactors of St. John's College, Cambridge with notes, chiefly biographical. . Torry, Alfred Freer . Alfred Torry . Cambridge . W. Metcalfe & Son . 1888 . 79443988 .
• Book: Memories of a long life . Bonney, T G . Thomas George Bonney . 1921 . 4338105 .

Periodicals

• The Cambridge University Magazine (1839–1842) ^[9]
• Cambridge General Advertiser (1839–1846)
• Messenger of Mathematics^[10]
• The Eagle (1859–1935).

Annuals

• Book: Various papers and notes that have appeared in the Quarterly Journal of Mathematics and the Messenger of Mathematics during the year (1878-1882) . James Whitbread Lee Glaisher . J W L Glaisher . 1860 . 69210138 .
  • Book: Various papers and notes, chiefly relating to elliptic functions, that have appeared in the Quarterly Journal of Mathematics and the Messenger of Mathematics, during the year 1881 and 1882 . J W L Glaisher . Cambridge . Metcalfe . 1882 . 56863068 .
  • Book: Mathematical papers, chiefly connected with the q-series in elliptic functions, 1883-1885 . J W L Glaisher . Cambridge . W. Metcalfe and Son . 1855 . 6362309 .

Notes and References

1. Book: A handy-book about books, for book-lovers, book-buyers, and book-sellers . John Power . 73 . London . J. Wilson . 1870 . 3382019 . 1-103-61070-8 .
2. Book: Sagittulae, Random Verses . E. W. Bowling . 1885 . Cambridge . W. Metcalfe & Son . 25002058 . 1-4280-5050-7 .
3. Book: Cambridge in Books . Pierre Gorman . Pierre Gorman . 5th . . Melbourne . 1998 . 0-7325-1467-3 .
4. Book: A History of Cambridge University Press, Volume Two: Scholarship and Commerce (1698–1872) . McKitterick, David . 2004 . . 0-521-30802-X . 2 . 329, 337.
5. Michael Joseph Murphy . Newspapers and Opinions in Cambridge, 1780-1850 . Transactions of the Cambridge Bibliographical Society . VI . I . 1972 . 35–50 . 0068-6611 . 0-900891-15-7 .
6. Web site: COOPER, Charles Henry. Memorials of Cambridge. A New Edition . ILAB . 2007-06-12 .
7. Web site: Social History of the Parish . St. Matthews Church, Cambridge . 2007-06-12 .
8. math/9903037. Rosenberg. Joel E.. Hessian quartic surfaces that are Kummer surfaces. 1999.
9. Cambridge Periodicals: I. University . GJ Gray . Notes and Queries . January 3, 1885 . s6-XI . 265 . 61–62 . 1839-42: The Cambridge University Magazine, - Twelve numbers issued, No. 1 March 1839, published once a term; 12, October, 1842. Camb., printed by Metcalfe & Palmer for W. P. Grant . 10.1093/nq/s6-XI.265.61 .
10. Notes . . XXXV . May 1905 – April 1906 . 1600 . Papers for insertion should be sent to Dr. Glaisher, Trinity College, Cambridge, or to Messrs. Metcalfe and Co. Limited, Printing Office, Trinity Street, Cambridge. .