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Charles Allan Madison. 1966. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1966. the Owl Among Colophons: Henry Holt As Publisher and Editor Charles Allan Madison. 1966. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1966. The Owl Among Colophons: Henry Holt as Publisher and Editor The Owl Among Colophons: Henry Holt as Publisher and Editor Jewish publishing in America Eminent American Jews Emma Goldman: Biographical Sketch The house of Holt, 1866-1946 Buy a cheap copy of THE OWL AMONG COLOPHONS book . Free shipping over $10. The owl among colophons. No Customer Reviews. Select Format: Hardcover. -- Select Condition: Like New. -- Very Good. Publisher:NY Henry Holt 1966. Weight:1.00 lbs. Customer Reviews. 0 rating. Write a review. Popular Categories. Children's. Teen and Young Adult. Henry Holt and Company is an American book publishing company based in New York City. One of the oldest publishers in the United States, it was founded in 1866 by Henry Holt and Frederick Leypoldt.[2] Currently, the company publishes in the fields of American and international fiction, biography, history and politics, science, psychology, and health, as well as books for children's literature. The company publishes under several imprints including Metropolitan Books, Times Books, Owl Books and Picador. It also publishes under the name of Holt Paperbacks. The owl among colophons by Charles Allan Madison, 1966, Holt, Rinehart and Winston edition, in English - [1st ed.] Henry Holt as publisher and editor. [1st ed.] by Charles Allan Madison. Published 1966 by Holt, Rinehart and Winston in New York . Written in English. Classifications. More info on Henry Holt (publisher). Wikis. Encyclopedia. Henry Holt (1840 ⓠ1926) was a Baltimore, Maryland native book publisher and author. He joined the publishing company of Frederick Leypoldt in 1866 that became Henry Holt and Company in 1873. Holt's company specialized in publishing and did not sell books at retail. This company became part of Holt, Rinehart and Winston (HRW) in 1960. HRW was bought in 1986 by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, which kept the textbook business and sold the retail publishing arm along with the original name of Henry Holt & Company to the Georg von Holtzbrinck Publishing Group of Germany. His novels include &qu Henry Holt is one of the oldest publishers in the United States. The company was founded in 1866 by Henry Holt and Frederick Leypoldt, who had emigrated to the United States from his home in Stuttgart eleven years earlier. Owl Books publishes much of the company's non-fiction in paperback; Picador USA publishes much of the company's fiction in paperback. Finally, Books for Young Readers publishes a wide range of children's books, from picture books for pre-schoolers to fiction for young adults. The division publishes audio editions of the best fiction and non-fiction from among the Macmillan trade publishers including Farrar, Straus & Giroux, Henry Holt and Company, Picador, St. Martin's Press, and Tor Books and acquires titles from outside publishers as well. Henry Gartf Holt (January 3, 1840 ⓠFebruary 13, 1926), was an American book publisher and author. Henry Holt was born in Baltimore, Maryland on January 3, 1840. He graduated from Yale University in 1862. After a year at Columbia Law School he married Mary Florence West and left school for work. He joined the publishing company of Frederick Leypoldt in 1866, which became Henry Holt and Company in 1873. Holt's company specialized in publishing and did not sell books at retail. He remained active in the The owl among colophons: Henry Holt as publisher and editor by Charles Allan Madison( Book ). Sixty years as a publisher : with other essays somewhat biographical and autobiographical by Henry Holt( Book ). by James Herbert Morse( ). Henry Holt( Book ). Economized commercial spelling by Henry Holt( Book ). 4 editions published between 1916 and 2010 in English and held by 11 WorldCat member libraries worldwide. Garrulities of an octogenarian editor : with other essays somewhat biographical and autobiographical by Henry Holt( Book ). 5 editions published between 1921 and 1923 in English and held by 5 WorldCat member libraries worldwide. more. Manuscripts of Book publishing in America, The owl among colophons, and Yiddish literature. Language: English. The latter manuscript is as prepared by the editorial staff of the publisher Frederick Ungar. All of the pages are annotated by the editorial staff, and almost all have minor revisions by Madison with considerable material inserted. Return to top. Arrangement of the Collection..
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