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Nonesuch Press	The Nonesuch Press was founded by Francis Meynell and others in 1923. Meynell became the sole rights-owner in 1951. Nonesuch Press Limited was formed in 1953, with representation on the board from the Bodley Head. Nonesuch Press ceased operations in 1968 and Meynell died in 1975. 'A history of the Nonesuch Press' was issued under the Nonesuch imprint in 1981, but distributed by the Bodley Head. See the WATCH entry for Francis Meynell and the FOB entry for the Bodley Head.	2006
Pear Tree Press	The Pear Tree Press was founded by James Guthrie in 1899 and remained in his personal ownership. The Pear Tree Press went out of existence when James Guthrie died in 1952.	2006
Penn Publishing Company	The Penn Publishing Company was founded in Philadelphia in 1889 by Charles C. Shoemaker. The firm went bankrupt in 1941 and its assets were acquired by the Harlem Book Company, which restarted the firm as William Penn Publishing Corporation. This new company failed in 1943, however, and its assets were acquired by Alfred A. Knopf. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 49 (1986), p. 357 and see the FOB entry for Alfred A. Knopf Inc.	2009
Porpoise Press	The Porpoise Press was founded in Edinburgh in 1922. In 1930 the firm was taken over by Faber & Faber, whilst retaining editorial independence. In 1939 Faber & Faber decided to close down the Porpoise Press, whilst retaining its backlist of Scottish literary works.	2006
Preston	The music publishing firm of Preston (or Preston & Son) was founded by John Preston in the 1770s and subsequently managed by his son Thomas Preston. The firm was purchased by Coventry & Hollier around 1834, and much of the business of Coventry & Hollier was purchased by Novello in 1849 and 1851. Novello is now part of Chester Music and Novello & Company. See 'Music printing and publishing' / edited by D. W. Krummel and Stanley Sadie (1990) and www.chesternovello.com.	2007
Prophetic Catalogue	The publishing list of the Prophetic Catalogue was purchased by M. Witmark & Sons in 1892. See the FOB entry for M. Witmark & Sons, which indicates that the firm is now part of Warner/Chappell Music, Inc. See the history pages of www.warnerchappell.com.	2007
Psychological Corporation	The Psychological Corporation was purchased by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich in 1970 and subsequently became part of Harcourt Assessment. In 2008 Harcourt Assessment was sold by Reed Elsevier to Pearson. See www.harcourtassessment.com and pearsonassess.com.	2008
Religious Tract Society	The Lutterworth Press website states that "The Lutterworth Press was founded as the Religious Tract Society in Georgian London". See www.lutterworth.com.	2008
Republic of Texas Press	Republic of Texas Press was acquired by the Rowman & Littlefield Group in 2002 and now forms part of Taylor Trade Publishing. See www.rlpgtrade.com.	2008
Richview Press	Richview Press was a name briefly used by the Irish publishing house of Browne and Nolan around 1970. See the FOB entry for Browne and Nolan, which indicates that any surviving rights will belong to the Educational Company of Ireland, part of the Smurfit Kappa Group. See www.edco.ie and www.smurfitkappa.com.	2007

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