Transcriber’s Note: Purely decorative illustrations have been removed from the plain text version; the remaining illustrations have been moved, where necessary, to the nearest paragraph break in the text. THE OXFORD University Press [Illustration: INITIAL FROM THE GREAT CHARTER OF THE UNIVERSITY, 1635/6 Granted by Charles I to confirm and settle printing privileges which had been first granted in 1632. See p. 112] SOME ACCOUNT OF THE OXFORD University Press 1468-1921 [Illustration] _OXFORD_ AT THE CLARENDON PRESS M CM XXII Oxford University Press _London_ _Edinburgh_ _Glasgow_ _Copenhagen_ _New York_ _Toronto_ _Melbourne_ _Cape Town_ _Bombay_ _Calcutta_ _Madras_ _Shanghai_ Humphrey Milford Publisher to the UNIVERSITY _~The author~ desires to express his grateful thanks to all those members of the Staffs of the Press and its Branches who have helped him in the compilation of this sketch, or have contributed to its typographical or pictorial embellishment; and especially to ~Mr. FALCONER MADAN~, from whose ~Brief Account of the University Press at Oxford (1908)~ the historical details here mentioned are derived._ OXFORD, _December 1921_. CONTENTS I. HISTORICAL SKETCH 9 II. THE PRESS TO-DAY The Press at Oxford 23 The Press in the War 33 Wolvercote Paper Mill 36 The Press in London 38 Administration 40 Finance 42 Oxford Imprints 45 Catalogues and Advertisement 49 The Press and its Authors 54 Bibles and Prayer Books 58 Clarendon Press Books 61 III. THE PRESS ABROAD India 63 Canada 67 Australasia 68 South Africa 69 China 69 Scandinavia 69 The United States 70 IV. OXFORD BOOKS Oxford Series 73 Oxford Books on the Empire 81 The Oxford Standard 83 Illustrated Books 90 Official Publications 92