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| Rudd and Carleton | The publishing firm of Rudd and Carleton was founded in New York in 1857 as the successor firm to Livermore and Rudd. In 1857 Edward Livermore retired from the firm and its owners became Edward P. Rudd, his father George Rudd and George Washington Carleton. In 1861 both the Rudds retired, and the firm continued as G. W. Carleton. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 49 (1986), p. 398, and see the FOB entry for G. W. Carleton. | 2009 |
| Rupert Hart-Davis Ltd | The firm of Rupert Hart-Davis Ltd was founded by Rupert Hart-Davis and David Garnett in 1946. The firm was purchased by Heinemann in 1956, then by Harcourt, Brace & World in 1962, and by the Granada Group in 1963. Finally in 1983 the firm and the imprint were purchased by William Collins Sons & Co. See the FOB entry for William Collins Sons & Co. | 2008 |
| Samuel Bagster & Sons Ltd | The religious publishing firm of Samuel Bagster & Sons was founded around 1794. The firm was sold (as part of the assets of George Webb Bookbinders) to Marshall, Morgan and Scott in 1973. Marshall, Morgan and Scott merged with Pickering & Inglis in the mid-1980s to form Marshall Pickering. See the FOB entry for Marshall Pickering, which indicates that any surviving rights will now belong to the Zondervan division of News Corporation. See www.zondervan.com. | 2007 |
| Sheed & Ward Ltd | The Roman Catholic publishing house of Sheed & Ward was founded by Francis Joseph Sheed and Maisie Ward in 1926. The firm is now in the ownership of the Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, which continues to use the name as an imprint. See www.rowmanlittlefield.com. | 2008 |
| Sheldon and Company | In 1853 Smith Sheldon purchased the publishing firm of Lamport, Blakeman and Law and renamed it Sheldon, Lamport and Blakeman. The firm later traded as Sheldon, Blakeman and Company, Sheldon and Company and I. E. Sheldon, before going out of business in 1898. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 49 (1986), p. 420. | 2009 |
| Simpkin Marshall Ltd | The publishing and wholesaling firm of Simpkin Marshall was founded in 1779. The firm ceased trading and declared bankruptcy in 1955. See reports in 'The Times', April-June 1955. According to 'The Times', 25 May 1955, the assets of the firm and its good will were purchased by Hatchards. See www.hatchards.co.uk. | 2008 |
| Stanley Botes Ltd | The firm of Stanley Botes Ltd (also known as Stanley Botes Booksellers) was purchased by William Collins in 1984. See the FOB entry for William Collins, which indicates that rights will now be owned by the HarperCollins division of News Corporation. See www.newscorp.com. | 2007 |
| Staples Press Ltd | The publishing firm of Staples Press was purchased by Macgibbon & Kee in the early 1960s, and was subsequently part of the Granada Group, where for some time the imprint Crosby Lockwood Staples was used. The archives of Staples Press, with those of Macgibbon & Kee and Crosby Lockwood Ltd, are in Glasgow University Library. Granada Publishing was acquired by William Collins in 1983. See the FOB entry for William Collins, which indicates that any surviving rights will now be owned by the HarperCollins division of News Corporation. See www.newscorp.com. | 2007 |
| Sunnyside Library | Sunnyside Library was a short-lived venture of Victor Adams & Co., founded in 1877. See the FOB entries for Victor Adams & Co. and Beadle and Adams. | 2009 |
| Theodore Brun Fine Editions Ltd | The publishing firm of Theodore Brun Fine Editions was active in the 1940s and 1950s. In April 1959 the lawyers Lucien A. Isaacs & Co. published a notice in 'The Times' of a petition by Quention Press Limited for the winding up of Theodore Brun Fine Editions. | 2009 |
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