W. Metcalfe and Son was a printer

Printer (publisher)

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 and publisher

Publishing

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 in Cambridge

Cambridge

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 during the 19th and early 20th centuries. Its office has been located on Green Street

Green Street, Cambridge

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, Trinity Street

Trinity Street, Cambridge

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 and St Mary's Street

St Mary's Street, Cambridge

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. A large number of books about Cambridge were published by W. Metcalfe and Sons during that era. In 1836, William Metcalfe was a contender for the printer of Cambridge University Press

Cambridge University Press

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, but was defeated by John Parker.

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.

, W Metcalfe and Sons Ltd is cooperated in Appersett

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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? -

Reprints:

• 1897 - (reprint of eight edition)

Periodicals

• The Cambridge University Magazine (1839–1842)
• Cambridge General Advertiser (1839–1846)
• Messenger of Mathematics
  Messenger of Mathematics
  The Messenger of Mathematics is a defunct mathematics journal.The editor-in-chief was William Allen Whitworth with Charles Taylor and volumes 1–58 were published between 1872 and 1929...
  
  
• The Eagle
  The Eagle (magazine)
  The Eagle, founded in 1859, is an annual magazine published with the assistance of St. John's College, Cambridge.The poet Thomas Ashe founded The Eagle in the year in which he graduated from St John's., with the help of a college fellow, Joseph Bickersteth Mayor...
  
   (1859–1935).

Annuals