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June Hall Literary Agency Ltd	The June Hall Literary Agency was acquired by the newly-formed Peters Fraser & Dunlop agency (PFD) in 1988. See www.pfd.co.uk.	2008
Key and Biddle	The publishing firm of Key and Biddle was founded in Philadelphia in 1833 and went out of business in 1836. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 49 (1986), p. 241.	2009
L. C. Page & Company	The firm of L. C. Page & Company was founded in Boston by Lewis Coues Page in 1896. The firm was purchased by Farrar, Straus and Cudahy (later Farrar, Straus & Giroux) in 1957. In 1994 Farrar, Straus & Giroux was purchased by the Verlagsgruppe Georg von Holtzbrinck. See www.holtzbrinck.com.	2008
Lamport, Blakeman and Law	Lamport, Blakeman and Law was a firm of schoolbook publishers and book distributors in New York. In 1853 the firm was purchased by Smith Sheldon and renamed Sheldon, Lamport and Blakeman (later Sheldon and Company). See the FOB entry for Sheldon and Company and 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 49 (1986), p. 420.	2009
Lamson, Wolffe and Company	The publishing firm of Lamson, Wolffe and Company was founded in Boston in 1895 by E. R. Lamson and W. B. Wolffe. The firm went out of business in 1899. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 49 (1986), p. 245.	2009
Lawrence Hill & Co. Publishers	Lawrence Hill founded his own publishing firm in 1972, shortly after the sale of his previous firm, Hill & Wang (q.v.). He continued publishing until his death in 1988. After his death the firm became part of Chicago Review Press, where the imprint Lawrence Hill Books is still used. See www.chicagoreviewpress.com.	2008
Lee and Shepard	The publishing firm of Lee and Shepard was founded in Boston in 1862 by William Lee and Charles A. B. Shepard. In 1904 the firm purchased the bankrupt Lothrop Publishing and became Lothrop, Lee and Shepard. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 49 (1986), pp. 250-252, and see the FOB entry for Lothrop, Lee and Shepard, which indicates that the firm is now owned by the HarperCollins division of News Corporation.	2009
Lemon, Unna & Durbridge	The literary agency Lemon, Unna & Durbridge was incorporated by its founder Stephen Durbridge into the agency called The Agency in 1995. See www.theagency.co.uk.	2008
Librairie Dorbon-aîné	Founded in 1900 by Louis Dorbon, Librairie Dorbon-aîné actively sold antiquarian books and published contemporary books between 1900 and 1939. Beyond 1949 no accurate record exists detailing the closure of the firm. A collection of business records and correspondence chronicling the work of Louis Dorbon’s bookselling firm and manuscripts and proofs of works published by Librairie Dorbon-aîné is housed at the Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas at Austin.	2025
Lincoln and Edmands	The printing and publishing firm of Lincoln and Edmands was founded in Boston in 1805 by Ensign Lincoln and Thomas Edmands. The firm went out of business in 1833. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 49 (1986), p. 259.	2009

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