J. W. Arrowsmith Ltd

J. W. Arrowsmith Ltd was a book printer and publisher based in Bristol, England.

[2] Arrowsmith and Hugh Evans, a stationer on Clare Street, published a railway timetable for a penny, an original copy of which is held at the British Museum.

[3] When Isaac died in 1871 his son, James Williams Arrowsmith, ventured into general publishing.

[3] Arrowsmith's first success came in 1883 with Hugh Conway's ‘Called Back’ was reviewed positively by Henry Labouchère in ’Truth’.

[3] During the Second World War the Arrowsmith's factory hosted seven local competitors whose sites had been destroyed.

Logo of Arrowsmith as used in 1891