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Museum Street Buildings Ltd	The firm of Museum Street Buildings Ltd formed part of Messrs George Allen & Unwin. See the FOB entry for George Allen & Unwin, which indicates that any surviving rights will now belong to HarperCollins.	2006
Mutual Publishing Company	Mutual Publishing Company was one of the largest subsidiary companies of the American Publishing Company (1865-1903). See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 49 (1986), p. 11, and see the FOB entry for American Publishing Company, which indicates that the firm is now in the ownership of the HarperCollins division of News Corporation.	2009
Mysterious Press	The publishing firm of Mysterious Press was founded by Otto Penzler in 1975. In 1989 the firm was acquired by Warner Books. Warner Books was purchased by Hachette Livre in 2006, and renamed Grand Central Publishing. See www.hachettebookgroupusa.com.	2008
Nation	'The Nation' was founded in 1907. In 1921 it took over 'The Athenaeum' and became 'The Nation and Athenaeum'. In 1931 'The Nation and Athenaeum' was merged with 'New Statesman', which for some years was published as 'New Statesman and Nation (incorporating Athenaeum)'. See www.newstatesman.com.	2013
Nicholson Maps	Nicholson Maps began publishing London Streetfinders in the early 1970s. The firm was purchased by Hutchinson and merged with Geographia in the late 1970s. In 1985 Geographia was sold by Century Hutchinson to Bartholomew, which had recently become a part of News International (now News Corporation). See the FOB entry for Bartholomew, and see www.newscorp.com and www.bartholomewmaps.com.	2006
Nimbus	Nimbus: A Magazine of Literature, the Arts, and New Ideas began publication in December 1951 as a quarterly magazine edited by Tristram Hull for the magazine’s thirteen issues. Hull was later joined by co-editors Ivo Jarosy and David Wright. In 1957 Christopher Logue became co-editor with Hull and the name of the magazine was changed to Nimbus: New English Review. The magazine was published by John Trafford at the Halcyon Press. It ceased publication in 1958. A collection of editorial files for all issues of the magazine except the last are housed at the Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas at Austin.	2025
NPI Media Ltd	NPI Media Ltd was a firm set up by Alan Sutton in order to buy back the firm of Sutton Publishing, which he had founded. In January 2007, NPI Media acquired Sutton Publishing and a number of other firms and imprints, including Jarrold Publishing. In December 2007, however, NPI Media and all its purchases were acquired by the History Press, Charleston, South Carolina (www.historypress.net).	2008
Oakley and Mason	The firm of D. F. Robinson and Company was founded in Hartford, Connecticut in 1828, and is the original predecessor firm of Baker and Taylor. The name of Baker and Taylor was adopted in 1885, and between 1828 and 1885 the firm had many names, including Robinson, Pratt and Company; Pratt, Woodford and Company; Farmer, Brace and Company; Blakeman and Mason; Oakley and Mason; Mason, Baker and Pratt; and Baker, Pratt and Company. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 49 (1986), pp. 34-35 and see the Our History page of www.btol.com.	2009
Osgood, McIlvaine and Company	The firm of Osgood, McIlvaine and Company was established in London in 1891 by James Ripley Osgood and Clarence W. McIlvaine, but it was never an independent company. From the beginning the firm was wholly owned by Harper & Brothers. From 1897 the firm ceased publishing and its titles transferred to Harper & Brothers. See the FOB entry for Harper & Brothers.	2009
Padell Publishing Company	Padell Publishing Company was founded by Max Padell around 1938 in New York. After Max Padell's death the firm was continued by his grandson Avram C. Freedberg, but went out of business in 1981. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 46 (1986), p. 270.	2008

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