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| Drexel Biddle | The publishing firm of Drexel Biddle and Bradley was founded in Philadelphia in 1895 by Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle and Alexander Bradley. From 1897 the firm became known as Drexel Biddle. In 1904 the firm was purchased by R. F. Fenno and Company. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 49 (1986), pp. 51-52 and see the FOB entry for R. F. Fenno and Company. | 2009 |
| Duell, Sloan and Pearce | The publishing firm of Duell, Sloan and Pearce was founded in New York in 1939 by C. Halliwell Duell, Samuel Sloan and Charles A. Pearce. In 1961 the firm was acquired by Meredith Publishing Company. According to 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 46 (1986), Meredith retired Duell, Sloan and Pearce as an imprint in 1967. According to John Tebbel: 'A history of book publishing in the United States', Volume IV (1981), all rights in Duell, Sloan and Pearce titles were purchased from Meredith in 1969 by Hawthorn Books. See the FOB entry for Hawthorn Books, Inc., which indicates that any remaining rights in that firm would belong to the E. P. Dutton division of Penguin Books. | 2008 |
| Duffield and Green | The publishing firm of Duffield and Green began as Fox, Duffield and Company (q.v.) in New York in 1903. On the retirement of Rector Fox in 1906, the firm became known as Duffield and Company. After Horace Green became company president in 1926, the firm changed its name again to Duffield and Green. In 1934 Duffield and Green was purchased by Dodd, Mead and Company. See the FOB entry for Dodd, Mead and Company and 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 46 (1986), p. 131. | 2008 |
| Duncan Davison & Co. | Duncan Davison & Co. was a subsidiary firm of Ascherberg, Hopwood & Crew. See the FOB entry for Ascherberg, Hopwood & Crew, which indicates that any surving rights will belong to Warner Chappell Music. See www.warnerchappell.co.uk. | 2007 |
| E. & F. N. Spon | E. & F. N. Spon (also known as the Spon Press) began publishing around 1850, specialising in engineering and architectural works, and eventually became part of the Routledge Group. The Routledge Group was purchased by the Taylor & Francis Group in 1998. See www.taylorandfrancisgroup.com and www.routledge.com. | 2006 |
| E. E. Barclay and Company | The publishing firm of E. E. Barclay and Company was founded in 1840 in New York. The firm subsequently moved to Cincinnati and then to Philadelphia, and went out of business in 1891. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 49 (1986), p. 39. | 2009 |
| E. J. Arnold & Son Ltd | E. J. Arnold & Son Ltd was founded in Leeds in 1863 and became a major firm of stationers, printers and publishers. In 1989 most of the firm was acquired by Nottingham Group plc and merged with Nottingham Educational Supplies to form NES Arnold. NES Arnold became part of the Novara group and in 2001 was purchased by Findel plc. See www.findel-education.co.uk and www.nesarnold.co.uk. | 2008 |
| E. J. Arnold Publishing Division | E. J. Arnold & Son Ltd was founded in Leeds in 1863 and became a major firm of stationers, printers and publishers. In 1989 the E. J. Arnold Publishing Division was sold to the UK firm of Thomas Nelson. See the FOB entry for Thomas Nelson. | 2008 |
| E. P. Dutton and Company | Edward Payson Dutton founded a book-selling firm in Boston in 1852, and began publishing in the 1860s. The firm was acquired by New American Library, and in 1986 New American Library was purchased by Penguin Group USA, which still uses the Dutton imprint. See us.penguingroup.com. | 2008 |
| Editions du Centre de Psychologie Appliquée | Les Editions du Centre de Psychologie Appliquée constituted a French testing business which was acquired in 2002 by the Psychological Corporation / Harcourt Assessment, then a subsidiary of Reed Elsevier. In 2008 Harcourt Assessment was sold by Reed Elsevier to Pearson. See www.harcourtassessment.com and pearsonassess.com. | 2008 |
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