Welcome to Addison & Highsmith Publishing

"Books are the legacies that a great genius leaves to mankind, which are delivered down from generation to generation as presents to the posterity of those who are yet unborn."
--J. Addison

Established in 1947 Addison & Highsmith Publishers is a private press based in Great Britain. Our most notable recent works include the reprint of William Henry Ireland's play Vortigen (1820), and printing a second edition of John Payne Collier's Perkins Folio (first issued in 1852).

Captain Cooked by Stephen Grogan
In July, 2010 we released a second mystery by author S.P. Grogan. Captain Cooked (ISBN 978-0-9801164-1-0).


Vegas Die
In 2008 we opened an office in America for special publications of note. On the Ides of March (15th) we released Vegas Die, a Quest Mystery by Stephen Grogan (ISBN: 978-0-9801164-0-3).


Founders: James Addison (1919-82) and Reginald Highsmith (1921-63).

Current management: Harvey Addison, President.

Contact us: AddisonHighsmith@gmail.com.

We do not accept unsolicited manuscripts.

"Of all the diversions of life, there is none so proper to fill up its empty spaces as the reading of useful and entertaining authors."
--J. Addison