Alan John Sutton is an English publisher who founded

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, Alan Sutton Publishing, Amberley Publishing, and Fonthill Media.

Career

Sutton was educated at Dursley Grammar School. He published his first book in 1974 and had his first success with ''The Diary of a Cotswold Parson'' (1978) by Francis Edward Witts (1783–1854). This covers the years 1783–1854 and was edited and introduced by David Verey. Sutton created the British Isles in Old Photographs series and its successor, the

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series. He also created the ''Images of America'' series, published by

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in Charleston SC, in which more than 12,000 titles have been published. Sutton founded

in 1993, Alan Sutton Publishing, Amberley Publishing,Alan Sutton returns again.
Catherine Neilan, ''

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'', 17 July 2008. Retrieved 14 August 2016. and Fonthill Media. Sutton was elected a fellow of the

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in 2010.

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