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Charles Griffin	The firm of Charles Griffin was purchased by Hodder & Stoughton from Book Publishing Development in July 1988. Hodder & Stoughton is now part of the Hachette group. See www.hodderheadline.co.uk.	2007
Charles Jones & Co.	The printing firm of Charles Jones & Co. was purchased by Messrs Taylor & Francis in 1917. Any surviving rights would belong to T&F Informa. See www.taylorandfrancisgroup.com.	2008
Charles Skipper and East	The printing firm of Charles Skipper and East was purchased by McCorquodale in 1937. See the FOB entry for McCorquodale.	2008
Charles T. Dillingham Company	Charles T. Dillingham founded his publishing company in New York in 1875. In 1891 the firm was in financial difficulty but was re-formed as Charles T. Dillingham and Company. In 1896 all the firm's assets were purchased by Baker and Taylor. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 49 (1986), pp. 122-124 and see the Our History page of www.btol.com.	2009
Charles Wesley Alexander	Charles Wesley Alexander founded his publishing firm in Philadelphia in 1861. The firm went out of existence around 1878. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 49 (1986), p. 7.	2009
Chatto & Windus Ltd	Chatto & Windus was founded in 1873. The firm grew out of the bookselling business of John Camden Hotten. Chatto & Windus was sold to Random House in 1987. Random House was purchased by Bertelsmann AG in 1998 and now functions as a "corporate division" of Bertelsmann. See www.bertelsmann.com and www.randomhouse.co.uk.	2006
Chivers Communications plc	Chivers Communications was demerged from the Gieves Group and became a separate company in 1999. In July 2001 the firm was acquired by BBC Worldwide. See www.bbcworldwide.com.	2007
Christy & Moore	Christy & Moore was a literary agency founded in 1912. It is now part of Sheil Land Associates Ltd.	2006
Claude Kendall, Inc.	Claude Kendall founded his own publishing house in New York in 1929. In 1934 the firm was renamed Claude Kendall and Willoughby Sharp. In 1936 it became Claude Kendall, Inc., but the firm went bankrupt and out of business that same year. Kendall himself was murdered in 1937. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 46 (1986), p. 199.	2008
Clowes and Clowes	William Clowes founded his own printing and publishing company in London in 1803. In 1873, two other family members, both called William Clowes, established the firm of Clowes and Clowes in Beccles, Suffolk. In 1880 the Suffolk and London companies merged to form William Clowes Limited. William Clowes Limited is still trading and in 2004 the head office in Suffolk moved from Beccles to Ellough. See www.clowes.co.uk.	2007

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