Scholarly London publisher active from 1878.
William Swan Sonnenschein (5 May 1855–31 January 1931), also known as William Swan Stallybrass, was a British publisher and founder of the Swan Sonnenschein & Co. publishing company. […] The company specialised in publishing scholarly works that specialised in philosophy and the social sciences, including the renowned book series The Library of Philosophy (1890-1911).
Swan Sonnenschein became a limited liability company in 1895, with William leaving the firm in 1902 to work as senior managing director at George Routledge & Sons. He would later take up a further directorial position at Kegan Paul. Eventually Swan Sonnenschein became amalgamated with fellow publishing company George Allen & Co. in 1911, with the now-merged firm rebranding again as George Allen & Unwin Ltd by 1914.
Publishing and printing firm established in Edinburgh by Thomas Constable (1812-1881). He continued publishing until 1860, at which point he sold the publishing part of his business to Edmonston & Douglas, and concentrated solely on the printing activities of his firm. In 1865 his son Archibald joined the firm as a partner and the firm began publishing as T. & A. Constable Ltd.
E. P. Dutton was an American book publishing company. It was founded as a book retailer in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1852 by Edward Payson Dutton.
In 1852, Edward Payson Dutton, along with Lemuel Ide, founded a bookselling firm in Boston. After he bought Ide out of the firm, Dutton acquired Ticknor & Fields bookstore along with its publishing division in 1864.
Dutton then expanded both the retail and publishing divisions of his company by opening a store in New York City and relocating its headquarters there. At this point, the majority of Dutton’s publications were religious titles, its first bestseller being Frederic W. Farrar’s The Life of Christ (1874).
Publishing firm founded in 1854 or 1858 by the brothers William Tinsley (1831–1902) and Edward Tinsley (1835–1865) and continuing until the late 1880s. The firm had its first major success with Mary Elizabeth Braddon's first novel Lady Audley's Secret in 1862
