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HarrapThe firm of Harrap was founded by George Harrap in 1901. In 1992 the firm was acquired by W. & R. Chambers (then owned by Group de la Cité), and the firm became known as Chambers Harrap. Chambers Harrap is now a Hachette Livre UK company. See www.chambersharrap.co.uk.2007
Harwood Academic PublishersThe firm of Harwood Academic Publishers was purchased in 1978 by Gordon & Breach. Gordon & Breach was in turn purchased in 2001 by the Taylor & Francis Group. See the FOB entry for Gordon & Breach and www.taylorandfrancisgroup.com.2008
Henry Altemus and CompanyThe printing and publishing firm of Henry Altemus and Company was founded in Philadelphia in 1842. Its predecessor firm was the bookbindery of Henry Altemus's father Joseph Altemus, founded in 1790. The firm closed in 1936; its assets were sold to other publishers, including Platt and Munk. See See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 49 (1986), pp. 9-10; sdrc.lib.uiowa.edu/lucile; and the FOB entry for Platt and Munk.2009
Henry Colburn and Richard BentleyThe firm of Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley existed from 1829 to 1832. In 1832 Richard Bentley founded his own firm, which was eventually taken over by Macmillan in 1898. See the FOB entries for Richard Bentley & Son and for Macmillan.2008
Henry F. AnnersHenry F. Anners was a publishing house founded in Philadelphia in 1842. The firm went out of business around 1850. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 49 (1986), p. 22.2009
Henry Holt and CompanyThe publishing firm of Henry Holt and Company was founded in 1866. See 'The house of Holt, 1866-1946: an editorial history' by Ellen D. Gilbert (1993). In 1959-60 the firm merged with Rinehart and Company and the John C. Winston Company to form Holt, Rinehart and Winston (q.v.). Holt, Rinehart and Winston was purchased by CBS in 1967, and was then divided by sales in 1985-1986. Henry Holt and Company was sold in 1985 to the Georg von Holtzbrinck Publishing Group and became part of Macmillan. (The remainder of the CBS publishing division was sold to Harcourt, Brace Jovanovich in 1986.) Henry Holt and Company remains an imprint of Holtzbrinck. See us.macmillan.com/HenryHolt.aspx.2008
Herbert S. Stone and CompanyHerbert S. Stone founded his own publishing firm in Chicago in 1896 after the dissolution of the partnership of Stone and Kimball (q.v.). In 1905 Herbert S. Stone and Company was sold to Fox, Duffield and Company. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 49 (1986), pp. 436-440, and see the FOB entry for Fox, Duffield and Company.2009
Herbert Sweet and CompanyThe publishing firm of Herbert Sweet and Company was founded in Boston in 1845. In 1851 the firm was sold to William H. Spencer, and in 1871 sold to Lee and Shepard (q.v.). After a fire at the Lee and Shepard offices in 1872 the play division was sold to George M. Baker. The firm was renamed George M. Baker and Company. In 1892 it became the Walter H. Baker Company, and continues to trade as Baker's Plays. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 49 (1986), pp. 35-37, and see www.bakersplays.com.2009
Hill & WangThe publishing firm of Hill & Wang was founded by Lawrence Hill and Arthur Wang in 1956. Hill & Wang was purchased by Farrar, Straus & Giroux in 1971. In 1994 Farrar, Straus & Giroux was purchased by the Verlagsgruppe Georg von Holtzbrinck. See www.holtzbrinck.com.2008
Hodder & StoughtonHodder & Stoughton was founded in 1868. In 1993 the firm merged with Headline to form Hodder Headline. Hodder Headline was purchased by Hachette from W. H. Smith in 2004. See www.hodderheadline.co.uk.2006

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