Thomas Werner Laurie

Thomas Werner Laurie (1866–1944) was a London publisher of books that were avant-garde in some cases, racy in others.

Early life

Laurie was born in Edinburgh. His father was a Scot and his mother a German.

Career

He founded his T. Werner Laurie Ltd. publishing house in 1904[1] and was known for publishing the works of Yeats, Wilde, and Moore as well as other authors of lesser renown.

Book series published by the firm included T. Francis Bumpus's Cathedral Series,[2] and the House Decoration Series.

He published The Jungle by Upton Sinclair when that work had been rejected for publication in England by other publishers, and Sinclair stayed with Laurie for many years in gratitude, publishing World's End and other novels in Sinclair's Lanny Budd series.

Other books issued in the firm's eclectic publishing programme included The Encyclopaedia of Sex and The History of Torture through the Ages.[1]

In 1946, after Laurie's death, his publishing firm was purchased by the financier Clarence Hatry and it continued to operate in premises above Hatchards booksellers at 187 Piccadilly, London,[1] with George Greenfield as the manager.[3][4]

Personal life

Thomas Werner Laurie married twice. His second wife was (Elizabeth Mary) Beatrice (born 1895).[1] Their daughter, Joan Werner Laurie (1920–1964), edited She, a periodical for women.

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References
  1. Laurie (married name Seyler), Joan Ann Werner (1920–1964), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online version). Retrieved 21 May 2019.
  2. The cathedrals of England and Wales / by T. Francis Bumpus Bumpus, T. Francis (Thomas Francis), nla.gov.au. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
  3. George Greenfield, A Smattering of Monsters: A Kind of Memoir, Camden House, 1995.
  4. Chris Swinson, Share Trading, Fraud and the Crash of 1929: A Biography of Clarence Hatry, Routledge, 2019. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
  • W. B. Yeats and "A Vision": Prospectus at www.yeatsvision.com
  • Cover Art from Selected Books by M.P. Shiel at www.alangullette.com
  • George Greenfield (1995). A Smattering of Monsters. Camden House. ISBN 1-57113-071-3.


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