The Tuer mss., 1879-1918, consist of letters from various authors, illustrators, painters, friends and colleagues to publisher Andrew White Tuer, 1838-1900, and his wife, Thomasine Louisa (Louttit), dealing chiefly with Field and Tuer and Leadenhall Press publications.

Correspondents in the collection include Sir Walter Besant, Paul Blouët (Max O'Rell), Walter Crane, Joseph Crawhall, Sir Frank Dicksee, Robinson Duckworth, John Galsworthy, Jerome Klapka Jerome, Charles Samuel Keene, Joseph Knight, Andrew Lang, John Leighton, Norman MacColl, Alice Christiana (Thompson) Meynell, Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie, Harry Quilter, Sir John Richard Robinson, John Ruskin, Edward Linley Sambourne, and Sir Owen Seaman. Topics of discussion, in addition to specific publications, include antiquarian books, engravings and engraving techniques, and activities of other artists and writers. Several of the letters, particularly those of Joseph Crawhall, enclose woodblock prints, pen and ink drawings, and delicate engravings.

Also present in the collection is a pencil drawing of two children sitting on a rock watching a boat sail into the sunset ("The End"), initialed L.L. but otherwise unidentified, and an offprint of J.P.T. Bury's article on Tuer and his publishing ventures from The Book Collector, Summer 1987.