Henry Holt and Company
Henry Holt and Company is an American book-publishing company based in New York City. One of the oldest publishers in the United States, it was founded in 1866 by Henry Holt and Frederick Leypoldt. The company publishes in the fields of American and international fiction, biography, history, politics, science, psychology, health, and children's literature.
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Henry Holt and Company

Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1900 · Our Native Ferns and their Allies by Lucien Marcus Underwood, 6th edition, 1900 · Public domain
- Founded
- 1866
- Founder
- Henry Holt · Frederick Leypoldt
- Headquarters
- New York City
- Activity
- publishing · comics industry
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Henry Holt and Company is an American book-publishing company based in New York City. One of the oldest publishers in the United States, it was founded in 1866 by Henry Holt and Frederick Leypoldt. The company publishes in the fields of American and international fiction, biography, history, politics, science, psychology, health, and children's literature.
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In the U.S, it operates under Macmillan Publishers.
It is associated with United States. The record gives 1866 as its date of establishment or first appearance. Its recorded founders are Henry Holt and Frederick Leypoldt. Its recorded seat is New York City. The recorded field of activity is publishing and comics industry.

Publisher's mark from the title page of The Principles of Psychology (1890).
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Key facts
Key facts
• Parent — Georg Von Holtzbrinck Publishing Group • Founder — Henry Holt and Frederick Leypoldt • Country — United States • Headquarters — Equitable Building, 120 Broadway, New York City, U.S. • Distribution — Macmillan (US) Melia Publishing Services (UK) • Publications — Books (Hardcover and Paperback) • Topics — Various • Imprints — Henry Holt Books for Young Readers, Francis Coady, John Macrae, Metropolitan, Times, Godwin, Christy Ottaviano • Url — https: henryholt.com/
History
History
• Illustration — Logo of Henry Holt and Company as it appeared in the book In the Dwellings of the Wilderness by Charlotte Bryson Taylor in 1904 The company publishes under several imprints, including Metropolitan Books, Times Books, Owl Books, and Picador. It also publishes under the name of Holt Paperbacks. The company has published works by renowned authors Erich Fromm, Paul Auster, Hilary Mantel, Robert Frost, Hermann Hesse, Norman Mailer, Herta Müller, Thomas Pynchon, Robert Louis Stevenson, Ivan Turgenev, and Noam Chomsky. From 1951 to 1985, Holt published the magazine Field & Stream. Holt merged with Rinehart & Company of New York and the John C. Winston Company of Philadelphia in 1960 to become Holt, Rinehart and Winston. The Wall Street Journal reported on March 1 that Holt stockholders had approved the merger, last of the three approvals. "Henry Holt is the surviving concern, but will be known as Holt, Rinehart, Winston, Inc." CBS purchased the company in 1967, but in 1985, the group split, and the retail publishing arm, along with the Holt name, was sold to the Georg von Holtzbrinck Publishing Group based in Stuttgart, which has retained Holt as a subsidiary publishing under its original name and in the US it is part of Macmillan Publishers. The educational publishing arm, which retained the Holt, Rinehart and Winston name, was sold to Harcourt.
Book series
Book series
• Amateur Studies • American Science Series • The American Presidents Series • English Readings • Holt Spoken Language Series • Leisure Hour Series • Leisure Moment Series • Library of Foreign Poetry • The Makers of the Nineteenth Century (General editor: Basil Williams)
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1866
Henry Holt and Company established.
1866
Henry Holt and Company is recorded from 1866.
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- “Henry Holt and Company”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- Gemeinsame Normdatei 1086221583, Henry Holt and Company (New York).
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- 1.Melia Publishing – List of client publishers.
- 2.Nancy Lewis Tuten. The Robert Frost Encyclopedia. pg.149
- 3.Henry Holt. US Macmillan.
- 4.Opalic, Zoran. Hunting, fishing…. iNewsDesign. 2011-10-28.
- 5.Roberts, Sam. John Backe Dies at 83; Put CBS Back Atop Prime Time. The New York Times. 2015-10-28. 0362-4331.
- 6."Henry Holt Merger". The Wall Street Journal. March 1, 1960. Page 12.
- 7.American Science Series (Henry Holt and Company) - Book Series List, publishinghistory.com. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
- 8.The American Presidents Series. Macmillan.
- 9.English Readings, seriesofseries.com. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
- 10.The Leisure Hour Series (Henry Holt and Company) - Book Series List, publishinghistory.com. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
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Gemeinsame Normdatei 1086221583, Henry Holt and Company (New York).Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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Henry Holt and Company is recorded as founded by Henry Holt and Frederick Leypoldt. Associated with United States. Recorded from 1866.
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