J u m p t o c o n t e n t
M a i n m e n u
M a i n m e n u
N a v i g a t i o n
● M a i n p a g e ● C o n t e n t s ● C u r r e n t e v e n t s ● R a n d o m a r t i c l e ● A b o u t W i k i p e d i a ● C o n t a c t u s ● D o n a t e
C o n t r i b u t e
● H e l p ● L e a r n t o e d i t ● C o m m u n i t y p o r t a l ● R e c e n t c h a n g e s ● U p l o a d f i l e
S e a r c h
Search
A p p e a r a n c e
● C r e a t e a c c o u n t ● L o g i n
P e r s o n a l t o o l s
● C r e a t e a c c o u n t ● L o g i n
P a g e s f o r l o g g e d o u t e d i t o r s l e a r n m o r e ● C o n t r i b u t i o n s ● T a l k
( T o p )
1 H i s t o r y
2 T i t l e s p u b l i s h e d ( s e l e c t e d )
3 B o o k s e r i e s
4 I m p r i n t s
5 R e f e r e n c e s
6 E x t e r n a l l i n k s
T o g g l e t h e t a b l e o f c o n t e n t s
W o r l d P u b l i s h i n g C o m p a n y
A d d l a n g u a g e s
A d d l i n k s
● A r t i c l e ● T a l k
E n g l i s h
● R e a d ● E d i t ● V i e w h i s t o r y
T o o l s
T o o l s
A c t i o n s
● R e a d ● E d i t ● V i e w h i s t o r y
G e n e r a l
● W h a t l i n k s h e r e ● R e l a t e d c h a n g e s ● U p l o a d f i l e ● S p e c i a l p a g e s ● P e r m a n e n t l i n k ● P a g e i n f o r m a t i o n ● C i t e t h i s p a g e ● G e t s h o r t e n e d U R L ● D o w n l o a d Q R c o d e ● W i k i d a t a i t e m
P r i n t / e x p o r t
● D o w n l o a d a s P D F ● P r i n t a b l e v e r s i o n
A p p e a r a n c e
F r o m W i k i p e d i a , t h e f r e e e n c y c l o p e d i a
( R e d i r e c t e d f r o m W o r l d P u b l i s h i n g C o . )
American publishing company (1902-1980)
The World Publishing Company was an American publishing company. The company published genre fiction , trade paperbacks , children's literature , nonfiction books, textbooks , Bibles , and dictionaries ,[1] Ruth Nanda Anshen , Michael Crichton , Simone de Beauvoir , Robert Ludlum , Sam Moskowitz , Ayn Rand , Rex Stout , Gay Talese , and Lin Yutang . Originally headquartered in Cleveland , the company later added an office in New York City . The company's Cleveland headquarters were located in the Caxton Building .[2]
World Publishing was notable for publishing the first edition of Webster's New World Dictionary [3] Eric Carle 's The Very Hungry Caterpillar [4]
World Publishing Company is not related to the original owners of the Omaha World-Herald or Tulsa World
History [ edit ]
Polish immigrant Alfred H. Cahen founded the Commercial Bookbinding Co. in Cleveland, Ohio , in 1902, expanding and adding a printing plant by 1912. In 1928 Cahen bought out his largest competitor, New York's World Syndicate Publishing Co. , officially taking on the name World Publishing Co. in 1935. (At that point, the company added an office in New York City.)
At the time the largest publisher of the King James Bible ,[5] variety stores and drugstores as well as bookstores.[1] Tower Books imprint: a 49-cent line of hardcovers[1] Rex Stout . (This "Tower Books" was not related to the Tower Publications imprint that operated from 1958 to 1981.)[citation needed From 1942 to 1964 William Targ worked as an editor for World Publishing, eventually becoming editor-in-chief.[6]
The Times Mirror Company acquired World Publishing in 1962.[5] [1] Collins Publishers , with the trade publishing remaining with Times Mirror's New American Library subsidiary.
In 1980 Collins broke up World Publishing, selling its children's line to the Putnam Publishing Group , the dictionary line to Simon and Schuster , and otherwise ridding itself of World's assets.[1]
Titles published (selected) [ edit ]
Anshen, Ruth Nanda and Pierre Teilhard de Chardin . Letters to Two Friends, 1926-1952 (Perspectives in Humanism series)
Bassett, James . Harm's Way
Behn, Harry The Faraway Lurs
Carle, Eric . The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Chandler, Raymond . Time to Kill . (1946) ASIN B0007ED26I
Crichton, Michael (writing as John Lange). The Venom Business
Cope, Myron . The Game That Was: The Early Days of Pro Football (1970)
de Beauvoir, Simone . The Mandarins
Dreiser, Theodore . Trilogy of Desire
Hammett, Dashiell
Blood Money (1943) — hardcover edition of Bestseller Mystery B40 (Tower imprint)
Dashiell Hammett's Mystery Omnibus (1944) — includes The Maltese Falcon The Glass Key
The Adventures of Sam Spade and Other Stories (1945) — hardcover edition of Bestseller Mystery B50
Havinghurst, Walter (1958). Vein of Iron: The Pickands-Mather Story
Hobsbawm, Eric
Höss, Rudolph . Commandant of Auschwitz: The Autobiography of Rudolf Höß . Translated by Constantine FitzGibbon (1959)
Kazin, Alfred , ed. F. Scott Fitzgerald : The Man and His Work
Kramer, Jerry & Dick Schaap . Instant Replay: The Green Bay Diary of Jerry Kramer
Lowry, Malcolm . October Ferry to Gabriola
Ludlum, Robert
Mailer, Norman . Miami and the Siege of Chicago
Moskowitz, Sam , ed.
Norton, Andre . Storm Over Warlock
Peyton, K. M. The Edge of the Cloud
Rabi, Isidor Isaac . Science: The Center of Culture (1970)
Rand, Ayn . The Romantic Manifesto
Sauvage, Leo. The Oswald Affair (1966, 1967)
Scott-Heron, Gil . The Vulture (1970)
Southern, Terry . Blue Movie
Talese, Gay
Thompson, Bard. Liturgies of the Western Church (1961)
Westlake, Donald E. (writing as Richard Stark ) Lemons Never Lie (1971)
Twain, Mark, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1947).
Woodcock, George . Anarchism
Wright, Richard
Book series [ edit ]
Forum Books
Holly Books
Illustrated Gift Editions[7]
Jewish Publication Society Series (jointly published with Jewish Publication Society of America )[8]
Living Age Books[9]
Living Library[10]
Meridian Books (also published by The Noonday Press)[11]
Meridian Giants[12]
Perspectives in Humanism
Shepherd Books
Tower Books[13]
World Books[14]
World Foreign Language Record Series[15]
Imprints [ edit ]
International Fiction Library[16]
Meridian Books
References [ edit ]
^ McIntyre, By Michael K."With publication of Webster's 'College 5' dictionary, the book that defined Cleveland editors' work is closed: Michael K. McIntyre's Tipoff" , Cleveland Plain Dealer (October 17, 2014).
^ Silvey, Anita. 100 Best Books for Children (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2004) ISBN 978-0-618-27889-3 .
^ a b UPI. "Ben Zevin Dies at 88; Leader Of World Publishing Company," New York Times (December 29, 1984).
^ "William Targ, 'Godfather' Editor, Dies at 92" . New York Times . Retrieved 2008-08-18 .
^ Illustrated Gift Editions , seriesofseries.com. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
^ Jewish Publication Society Series (Meridian Books and Jewish Publication Society of America) - Book Series List , publishinghistory.com. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
^ Living Age Books (World Publishing Company) - Book Series List , publishinghistory.com. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
^ Living Library , seriesofseries.com. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
^ Meridian Books (The Noonday Press; The World Publishing Company; Meridian Books) - Book Series List , publishinghistory.com. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
^ Meridian Giants (World Publishing Co.) - Book Series List , publishinghistory.com. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
^ Tower Books , seriesofseries.com. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
^ World Books , seriesofseries.com. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
^ World Foreign Language Record Series , discogs.com. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
^ International Fiction Library , seriesofseries.com. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
External links [ edit ]
R e t r i e v e d f r o m " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=World_Publishing_Company&oldid=1173881759 " C a t e g o r i e s : ● D e f u n c t b o o k p u b l i s h i n g c o m p a n i e s o f t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s ● B o o k p u b l i s h i n g c o m p a n i e s b a s e d i n N e w Y o r k ( s t a t e ) ● B o o k p u b l i s h i n g c o m p a n i e s b a s e d i n O h i o ● P u b l i s h i n g c o m p a n i e s b a s e d i n N e w Y o r k C i t y ● P u b l i s h i n g c o m p a n i e s e s t a b l i s h e d i n 1 9 0 2 ● 1 9 0 2 e s t a b l i s h m e n t s i n O h i o ● 1 9 8 0 d i s e s t a b l i s h m e n t s i n N e w Y o r k ( s t a t e ) ● 1 9 6 2 m e r g e r s a n d a c q u i s i t i o n s ● 1 9 7 4 m e r g e r s a n d a c q u i s i t i o n s H i d d e n c a t e g o r i e s : ● A r t i c l e s w i t h s h o r t d e s c r i p t i o n ● S h o r t d e s c r i p t i o n m a t c h e s W i k i d a t a ● A l l a r t i c l e s w i t h u n s o u r c e d s t a t e m e n t s ● A r t i c l e s w i t h u n s o u r c e d s t a t e m e n t s f r o m D e c e m b e r 2 0 1 7 ● A r t i c l e s w i t h I S N I i d e n t i f i e r s ● A r t i c l e s w i t h V I A F i d e n t i f i e r s ● A r t i c l e s w i t h B I B S Y S i d e n t i f i e r s ● A r t i c l e s w i t h L C C N i d e n t i f i e r s ● A r t i c l e s w i t h P L W A B N i d e n t i f i e r s
● T h i s p a g e w a s l a s t e d i t e d o n 5 S e p t e m b e r 2 0 2 3 , a t 0 0 : 1 7 ( U T C ) . ● T e x t i s a v a i l a b l e u n d e r t h e C r e a t i v e C o m m o n s A t t r i b u t i o n - S h a r e A l i k e L i c e n s e 4 . 0 ;
a d d i t i o n a l t e r m s m a y a p p l y . B y u s i n g t h i s s i t e , y o u a g r e e t o t h e T e r m s o f U s e a n d P r i v a c y P o l i c y . W i k i p e d i a ® i s a r e g i s t e r e d t r a d e m a r k o f t h e W i k i m e d i a F o u n d a t i o n , I n c . , a n o n - p r o f i t o r g a n i z a t i o n . ● P r i v a c y p o l i c y ● A b o u t W i k i p e d i a ● D i s c l a i m e r s ● C o n t a c t W i k i p e d i a ● C o d e o f C o n d u c t ● D e v e l o p e r s ● S t a t i s t i c s ● C o o k i e s t a t e m e n t ● M o b i l e v i e w
