Beckwith Company


The Beckwith Company was a publishing entity in 1920, based in New York City. It is remembered for publishing a second edition of the forged Protocols of the Elders of Zion, more specifically a second translation from the Russian language into the English language.

The Beckwith edition of the ''Protocols of the Elders of Zion''

The meaning of the lead title is the expression, "Praemonitus praemunitus," a Latin saying which means "." The anonymous editor of this edition was Harris A. Houghton. The translation was by his personal assistant Miss de Bogory and former Russian General G. J. Sosnowsky.
The pseudonym under which this imprint was published, "Peter Beckwith," is believed to be Harris A. Houghton, suggesting further that "The Beckwith Company" was merely a front for Houghton to get his new translation of The Protocols of the Elders of Zion published. This publishing entity was a front created specifically in order to provide a publishing company willing and able to publish and distribute the Protocols. Support and/or financing for this publication came is believed to have come from the American Defense Society.
LC Control No.:21001311
Type of Material:Book
Uniform Title:"Protocols of the wise men of Zion."
Main Title:Præmonitus præmunitus.

Other books published by Beckwith

There are fewer than half a dozen imprints associated with the "Beckwith" label in libraries. One title is particularly interesting, and for several reasons. It is the following:
LC Control No.:25009159
Type of Material:Book
Personal Name:Webster, Nesta Helen.
Main Title:Boche and bolshevik,
Published/Created:New York city, The Beckwith company, 1923.
Related Names:Kurt Kerlen|Kerlen, Kurt.
Peter Beckwith|Beckwith, Peter, pseud.
Description:4 p. l., 82 p. 19 cm.
Subjects:Communism--Russia.
Propaganda, German.
LC Classification:DK265.W34

The author, Nesta H. Webster is a recognized antisemite, and she herself was involved in the promotion of the Protocols of Zion.
There is another known work by this entity, namely, Sales Letters for Salesmen. But publisher is located in Dowagiac, Mich. The publisher is styled "The Beckwith Company" and the copyright year is given as 1922. The author is given as Edward G. Weir.
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