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Victor Gollancz Ltd (Established 1927)

 Organisation

Dates

  • Existence: Established 1927

Biography

Victor Gollancz Ltd was a major British book publishing house of the twentieth century and continues to publish science fiction and fantasy titles as an imprint of Orion Publishing Group. It was founded in 1927 by Victor Gollancz and specialised in the publication of high-quality literature, nonfiction and popular fiction, including crime, detective, mystery, thriller and science fiction. Upon Gollancz's death in 1967, ownership passed to his daughter, Livia, who sold it to Houghton Mifflin in 1989. Three years later in October 1992, Houghton Mifflin sold Gollancz to the publishing house Cassell and Co. Cassell and its parent company Orion Publishing Group were acquired by Hachette in 1996, and in December 1998 the merged Orion/Cassell group turned Gollancz into its science fiction/fantasy imprint.

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Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Left Book Club Collection

 Collection
Reference code: LEF1
Scope and Contents Books published by Victor Gollancz on behalf of the Left Book Club during the years 1936 to 1948. The collection includes a complete set – (Special Collections received the final addition to the collection from the library of journalist and writer, Paul Foot, in December 2016: “The adventures of the little pig and other stories” by F. Le Gros Clark and Ida Clark). In all, taking into account both the selected “Book of the Month” and the additional choices offered to members, some 252 titles...
Dates: 1936 - 1948
Found in: Special Collections and Archives

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