| Elkin Mathews |
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| 1851 births | |
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| 1921 deaths | |
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Mathews' was born in Gravesend and learned his trade in London and Bath , before opening his own shop in Exeter in 1884 . He published his first books here, in collaboration with other local booksellers. In 1887 he returned to London and from 1892 to 1894 he worked in partnership with John Lane , culminating in the publication of '' The Yellow Book '' in 1894 . Lane began went on to form The Bodley Head and Mathews set up on his own, publishing works by his neighbour W.B. Yeats , Lionel Johnson , James Joyce , Ezra Pound and Robert Bridges , amongst others. REFERENCE Papers of Charles Elkin Mathews at the University of Reading Captured March 7, 2005 |
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