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| A. M. Robertson and Company | Alexander Mitchell Robertson founded his bookselling and publishing firm in San Francisco in 1889. The firm went out of existence around 1931. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 49 (1986), p. 398. | 2009 |
| A. Roman Publishing Company | Anton Roman founded his publishing firm in San Francisco in 1860. The firm went out of business around 1888 and Roman became a real estate agent and loan broker. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 49 (1986), p. 400. | 2009 |
| Alan R. Liss, Inc. | Alan R. Liss founded his own publishing firm in New York in 1971. In 1989 the firm was acquired by Wiley. See www.wiley.com. | 2008 |
| Angus and Robertson (UK) Ltd | Angus and Robertson (UK) Limited was set up in 1954 as a British subsidiary of the Australian publishers Angus and Robertson (founded in 1886). In the 1980s the Australian parent company was purchased by Bay Books, a subsidiary of Rupert Murdoch's News International. Angus and Robertson (UK) became part of HarperCollins in 1989. See www.newscorp.com. | 2009 |
| Angus and Robertson Bookstore | The Australian firm of Angus and Robertson was founded in 1886. The firm was principally a bookselling company, but began publishing from 1887. From the 1970s the bookselling and publishing companies became completely separate. The bookselling arm was acquired by Ipec Insurance and then passed through several ownerships before it was sold by W. H. Smith to Pacific Equity Partners in 2004. It is now part of Pacific Equity's A&R Whitcoulls Group. See www.pep.com.au. | 2009 |
| Angus and Robertson Ltd | The Australian publishing firm of Angus and Robertson was founded in 1886. The firm was principally a bookselling company, but began publishing from 1887. From the 1970s the bookselling and publishing companies became completely separate (see the FOB entry for Angus and Robertson Bookstore). The publishing arm of Angus and Robertson became part of HarperCollins from 1989. See www.angusrobertson.com.au and www.newscorp.com. | 2009 |
| Anson D. F. Randolph and Company | Anson D. F. Randolph founded his own publishing firm in New York in 1851. Randolph went bankrupt and died in 1898, and the firm's creditors dissolved it the following year. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 49 (1986), pp. 382-384. | 2009 |
| B. B. Russell and Company | Benjamin B. Russell founded his publishing firm in Boston in 1865. The firm went out of existence around 1897. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 49 (1986), p. 407. | 2009 |
| Barrie & Rockliff | The firm of Barrie & Rockliff merged with Herbert Jenkins in 1964 to form Barrie & Jenkins. Barrie & Jenkins is now a subsidiary and imprint of Random House UK, which is owned by Bertelsmann. See www.bertelsmann.com and www.randomhouse.co.uk. | 2008 |
| Brown-ROA Publishers | The religious publishing house of Brown-ROA Publishers was acquired by Harcourt, Brace & Company in 1994. See the FOB entry for Harcourt, Brace. In 1999 Brown-ROA changed its name to Harcourt Religion Publishers, and Harcourt Religion is now part of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. See www.hmhco.com and www.harcourtreligion.com. | 2008 |
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