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The Quince Tree Press

The Quince Tree Press is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand The Quince Tree Press rather than just read about it. In short: The Quince Tree Press is the imprint established in 1966 by J. L.

Key takeaways

The Quince Tree Press belongs to science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect The Quince Tree Press to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of The Quince Tree Press from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

The Quince Tree Press is the imprint established in 1966 by J. L. Carr to publish his maps, pocket books and novels. The Press is now run by his son Robert Carr and his wife, Jane.

History of the press

When Carr took 2-year leave of absence from teaching in 1967 aged 55 years with savings of £1,600, his aim was to see if he could make his living by selling decorated maps of English counties and small pocket books of poems. These he published from his house at Mill Dale Road in Kettering, Northamptonshire, under the imprint The Quince Tree Press. The quince is a fruiting tree native to the Caucasus and there was one in the front garden of Carr's house. Carr's maps are of architectural and historical interest rather than being geographical, and give brief details, observations and quotations in a quirky style about buildings, historical events and people related to places in the old counties of England, before they were reorganised in 1974. The maps are meant to be read and framed and to stimulate conversation. Carr's small books are typically 16 stapled pages, usually about 13 x 9 cm, with decorated card covers. Carr wrote: 'These books fit small envelopes, go for a minimum stamp and are perfect for cold bedrooms - only one hand and a wrist need suffer exposure'. Carr recorded in 1983 that sales of the small books reached a peak in 1980, when he sold 43,369 copies, and by 1987 he had sold more than 500,000 in total. Many titles are still published by the Quince Tree Press, as well as some new ones, for example Florence Nightingale and Laurence Sterne. Carr sold his novels and small books published by the Quince Tree Press directly to booksellers and by mail order to readers, and offered copies of his other novels bought as remainders from his previous publishers. For example, Carr obtained 900 remaindered copies of The Harpole Report from Secker and Warburg at 12 pence each and was able to sell them all at their full price of £1.75 after Frank Muir had named it on Desert Island Discs as the book he would take with him to the imaginary island.

Novels by J. L. Carr published by the Quince Tree Press At the age of 76 years and unhappy both with the different publishers of his six novels to date and with the advance that he had been offered for his seventh novel, Carr decided to publish the next book himself. What Hetty Did was published as a paperback by the Quince Tree Press in 1988 in an edition of 2,850 copies and was soon reprinted. Carr followed this novel four years later with his last, Harpole & Foxberrow General Publishers, in an edition of 4,000 copies. Carr also bought back the rights to the novels A Month in the Country, How Steeple Sinderby Wanderers Won the F.A. Cup and The Battle of Pollocks Crossing and published them under the imprint of the Quince Tree Press. Since Carr's death in 1994, the rest of Carr's novels have been reprinted by the Quince Tree Press.

(1988) What Hetty Did. (ISBN 9780900847912). First edition. First issue 2,850 copies; 2nd issue 3,000 copies. (1991) A Month in the Country. (ISBN 9780900847929). First issue, 3,000 copies. Revised edition of novel first published by Harvester Press in 1980. (1992) Harpole & Foxberrow General Publishers. (ISBN 9780900847936). First edition. First issue 4,000 copies. (1992) How Steeple Sinderby Wanderers Won the F.A. Cup. (ISBN 9780900847943). First issue 2,000 copies. New edition of novel first published by London Magazine Editions in 1975. (1993) The Battle of Pollocks Crossing. (ISBN 9780900847967). First issue 2,000 copies. New edition of novel first published by Viking Penguin in 1985. (2003) A Day in Summer. (ISBN 9781904016076). New edition of novel first published by Barrie and Rockliff in 1963. (2003) A Season in Sinji. (ISBN 9781904016083). New edition of novel first published by Alan Ross in 1967. (2003) The Harpole Report. (ISBN 9781904016069). New edition of novel first published by Secker and Warburg in 1972. In each of his novels published by the Quince Tree Press Carr cited words by Beatrice Warde, an eminent American typographer:

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Illustrations

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with The Quince Tree Press

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what The Quince Tree Press claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to The Quince Tree Press before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about The Quince Tree Press ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of The Quince Tree Press

In research: The Quince Tree Press appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses The Quince Tree Press in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: The Quince Tree Press is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Book publishing companies of the United Kingdom, British organisations established in 1966, Map publishing companies, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for The Quince Tree Press outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study The Quince Tree Press in 20 minutes

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Frequently asked questions

What is The Quince Tree Press in simple terms?

The Quince Tree Press is the imprint established in 1966 by J. L.

Why does The Quince Tree Press matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study The Quince Tree Press?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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