St. Paul's Bibliographies was a publishing company founded by Robert S. Cross (1925-2011) in 1979 in Winchester, England that specialized in bibliographical works and book history more generally. In the 1980s, the firm co-published in the US with Omnigraphics of Detroit. In 1992 the firm began co-publishing with Oak Knoll Press, and in 1993 Oak Knoll took over US distribution. [1] In 1997 St. Paul's Bibliographies was purchased by Oak Knoll Press who continued many of its series under its own publishing imprint. [2] Oak Knoll continued to issue publications under the St. Paul's Bibliographies imprint until 2015.
St. Paul's Bibliographies published a wide variety of books, many of their publications were issued in the context of several series including the Winchester Bibliographies of Twentieth-Century Writers, the Publishing Pathways Series, and the Print Network Series.
Published papers from the annual Book Trade History Conference edited by Myers, Robin, Michael Harris and Giles Mandelbrote. St. Paul's Bibliographies published this series in the UK between 1988 and 2000, Earlier editions in the series were published by Oxford Polytechnic Press and later volumes in the series were published by the British Library.
Collected papers from the annual British Book Trade History Seminar Series, later renamed the Print Networks conference series. [29] The lecture series was founded by Peter Isaac and the published papers were edited by Peter Isaac and Barry McKay. After 2000 the series was published by Oak Knoll Press.