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George Faulkner and Sons	The Manchester printing firm of George Faulkner and Sons was purchased by McCorquodale in 1962. See the FOB entry for McCorquodale.	2008
Georges Charpentier	The publisher Georges Charpentier (1846-1905) was the son of the publisher Gervais Charpentier. After being fired by his father, he began working for the firm of Maurice Dreyfous, whose authors included Émile Zola. In the late 1870s, Charpentier formed his own publishing house, initially to publish 'La vie moderne', but soon becoming Zola's principal publisher. In 1890 the firm changed its name from Georges Charpentier to G. Charpentier & E. Fasquelle. In 1896 Eugène Fasquelle became sole owner of the firm, although he continued to use the Charpentier name for many years. In 1957 the firm of Fasquelle was purchased by Hachette. In 1959 Fasquelle was merged with another recent Hachette acquisition, Grasset, to form Editions Grasset & Fasquelle, which is still based in Paris. See www.hachette.com and www.grasset.fr.	2008
Golden Books	Little Golden Books and Golden Books were a joint publishing venture between Simon & Schuster and Western Publishing founded in 1943. In 1958 Western Publishing bought out the Simon & Schuster share of the firm. In the 1980s Western Publishing changed its name to Golden Books Family Entertainment. In 1999 the firm filed for bankruptcy. In 2001 all the publishing assets of the firm were acquired by Random House, which is owned by Bertelsmann. See www.randomhouse.com/golden.	2008
Grasset	Bernard Grasset founded his publishing firm in Paris in 1907. In 1954 the firm was purchased by Hachette, although it retained editorial independence. In 1959 Grasset was merged with another recent Hachette acquisition, Fasquelle, to form Editions Grasset & Fasquelle, which is still based in Paris. See www.hachette.com and www.grasset.fr.	2006
Henry F. Anners	Henry F. Anners was a publishing house founded in Philadelphia in 1842. The firm went out of business around 1850. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 49 (1986), p. 22.	2009
Hungry Minds, Inc.	The firm of Hungry Minds published the 'For Dummies' series and other educational works. In 2001 the firm was acquired by Wiley. See www.wiley.com.	2008
J. W. Wilcox & Follett Company	The bookselling firm of C. M. Barnes was renamed the C. M. Barnes - Wilcox Company in 1908, when John Wilcox became the primary shareholder. In 1917 management of the firm was taken over by C. W. Follett and it was renamed J. W. Wilcox & Follett Company. After the death of John Wilcox in 1923, the firm became the Follett Company. It is now the Follett Corporation. See www.follett.com.	2008
John Farquharson Ltd	The literary agency John Farquharson Ltd became a partner-firm of Curtis Brown (UK) and is now a part of the Curtis Brown Group Limited. See www.curtisbrown.co.uk.	2008
John West Folsom	The publishing firm of Draper and Folsom was founded in Boston in 1778 by Edward Draper and John West Folsom. The partnership ended in 1783 and the firm continued as John West Folsom until it closed in 1801. Folsom died in 1825. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 49 (1986), p. 164.	2009
Leo Feist Inc.	The music publishing firm of Leo Feist Inc. was founded by Leo Feist (1869-1930). In 1939 Leo Feist Inc. became part of the Big 3 Music Corporation, which in turn became part of United Artists in 1973. See 'Music printing and publishing' / edited by D. W. Krummel and Stanley Sadie (1990) and www.unitedartists.com.	2008

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