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- ↑ Archer, Caroline, PhD (2000). The Kynoch Press: The Anatomy of a Printing House, 1876–1981. Oak Knoll Press. OCLC 45137620; ISBN 9780712347044.Note: Caroline Archer since married Alexandre Parré and is known as Caroline Archer-Parré
- ↑ Drew, Kynoch (1940). "Kynoch Press Diaries". Art and Industry: 73–9. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
The Kynoch Press, as every printer knows, is an offshoot of that vast division of British commerce, Imperial Chemical Industries...the Kynoch Press has one of the most distinctive typographical repertories among printers in this country.
- ↑ Lesley Blanch: Inner Landscapes, Wilder Shores, by Anne Boston, London: John Murray (2010, 2014); OCLC 883517551