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Joel Munsell	Joel Munsell founded his publishing firm in Albany, New York in 1836. After his death in 1880, the firm continued as Joel Munsell's Sons. It went out of business in 1895. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 49 (1986), p. 320.	2009
John Bioren	John Bioren began his publishing career with the firm of Mountford, Bioren and Company in Philadelphia in 1794. In 1795 he went into partnership with Patrick Madan to form Bioren and Madan, and from 1797 he traded under his own name only. Bioren died in 1835 and his firm went out of business. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 49 (1986), p. 52.	2009
John Muir Publications	John Muir Publications was founded in 1973 as a travel publishing firm. In 1999 Moon Publications, John Muir Publications and Foghorn Press merged to form the new firm of Avalon Travel. Avalon Travel is now part of the Perseus Books Group. See www.avalontravelbooks.com and www.perseusbooks.com.	2008
John Murray	John Murray was founded in 1768 and was the oldest independent publisher in the UK until 2001, when the firm was purchased by Hodder Headline. Hodder Headline in turn was purchased by Hachette from W. H. Smith in 2004. See www.hodderheadline.co.uk.	2006
Julian Messner, Inc.	The publishing house of Julian Messner, Inc. was founded in New York in 1933. Julian Messner died in 1948, and his widow Kathryn Grossman Messner died in 1964. In 1964-66 the firm was acquired first by Pocket Books and then by Simon & Schuster. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 46 (1986), pp. 235-237 and www.simonsays.com.	2008
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
Lloyd-Luke	Lloyd-Luke (publisher of medical books) was purchased by Edward Arnold in June 1985. Edward Arnold was purchased by Hodder & Stoughton in March 1987. Hodder & Stoughton is now part of the Hachette group. See www.hodderheadline.co.uk.	2008
Loring and Mussey	The publishing firm of Loring and Mussey was founded by Percy A. Loring and J. Barrows Mussey in New York in 1933. In 1936 Loring withdrew from the firm and it continued for a year as J. Barrows Mussey before going out of business in 1937. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 46 (1986), p. 213.	2008
M. Doolady	M. Doolady established a publishing firm in New York, and published his first book in 1860. He appears to have ceased publishing around 1873. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 49 (1986), p. 137.	2009
M. Evans	The publishing firm of M. Evans was acquired by the Rowman & Littlefield Group in 2005 and now forms part of Taylor Trade Publishing. See www.rlpgtrade.com.	2008

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