George Allen & Unwin Limited

What the record establishes about George Allen & Unwin Limited.

George Allen & Unwin Ltd., Correspondence with publisher is dated 1961-1983 and held by Wellcome Collection. Letter from George Allen & Unwin Ltd. to J B S Haldane is dated 17 Nov 1952 and held by Wellcome Collection. George Allen & Unwin Limited is recorded as founded by Stanley Unwin, George Allen and John Ruskin. Correspondence with George Allen & Unwin is dated 1952-1954 and held by Wellcome Collection. George Allen & Unwin Ltd is dated 20th Century and held by Wellcome Collection. Wellcome Collection records 351 objects associated with this heading.

George Allen & Unwin Limited is associated with United Kingdom. George Allen & Unwin Limited is recorded from 1871.

The identifiers under which George Allen & Unwin Limited may be traced in institutional catalogues.

George Allen & Unwin Limited is established in the international name authorities as Wikidata Q95145.

6 works under this name are catalogued by Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1952 to 1961.

George Allen & Unwin Ltd, dated 20th Century, held by Wellcome Collection. Correspondence with George Allen & Unwin, dated 1952-1954, held by Wellcome Collection. George Allen & Unwin Ltd., Correspondence with publisher, dated 1961-1983, held by Wellcome Collection. Letter from George Allen & Unwin to J B S Haldane, dated 5 Jan 1953, held by Wellcome Collection. Letter from George Allen & Unwin Ltd. to J B S Haldane, dated 17 Nov 1952, held by Wellcome Collection. Letter from George Allen & Unwin Ltd to J B S Haldane, dated 22 Jan 1953, held by Wellcome Collection.

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.

Wellcome Collection: 351 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

4 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Asia's Population Problems edited by S. Chandrasekar. London: George Allen & Unwin, Limited. Pp.311. 45 shillings (U.K.), The Pakistan Development Review, 1967. Book Reviews : The Rhodesia that was my life. By SIR ROBERT TREDGOLD (London, George Allen & Unwin Limited, 1968). 271 pp. 45s, Race, 1969. Book Reviews : The Evolution of Man and Society. By C. D. DARLINGTON (London, George Allen and Unwin Limited, 1970). 753 pp. 80s, Race, 1970. (A.). Miyashiro Metamorphism and metamorphic belts. London (George Allen & Unwin Limited), 1973. 492 pp., 109 figs. Price £8·60, Mineralogical Magazine, 1974.

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 6 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

This article draws on 3 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 3 means 3 genuinely separate publishers of record. 10 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

Recorded constituent parts are Swan Sonnenschein & Co.

It is associated with United Kingdom. The record gives 1871 as its date of establishment or first appearance. Activity is recorded as ending in 1986. It forms part of Unwin & Hyman.

Its recorded founders are Stanley Unwin, George Allen and John Ruskin. Its recorded seat is Sydney and London.