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McGraw Publishing CompanyJames H. McGraw began working in publishing in 1884, and purchased the 'American Journal of Railway Appliances' in 1888. The McGraw Publishing Company was incorporated in 1899. In 1909 McGraw Publishing Company and Hill Publishing Company merged to form the McGraw-Hill Book Company. See www.mcgraw-hill.com.2008
Michael Imison PlaywrightsMichael Imison Playwrights was incorporated into Alan Brodie Representation Ltd in 1997. See www.alanbrodie.com.2008
Monacelli PressThe Monacelli Press was founded in New York in 1994 as a visual arts book publisher. In 2008 the firm was acquired by Random House, Inc., which is owned by Bertelsmann. See www.monacellipress.com and www.bertelsmann.com.2008
Moon PublicationsMoon Publications was founded in 1973 as a travel publishing firm. In 1999 Moon Publications, John Muir Publications and Foghorn Press merged to form the new firm of Avalon Travel. Avalon Travel is now part of the Perseus Books Group. See www.avalontravelbooks.com and www.perseusbooks.com.2008
Multnomah PublishersMultnomah Publishers was founded as an evangelical Christian publishing house in Sisters, Oregon. In August 2006 the firm was purchased by Random House, which is owned by Bertelsmann, and is now part of the WaterBrook Multnomah group within Random House. See www.randomhouse.com and www.bertelsmann.com.2008
Murray PollingerMurray Pollinger and Gerald Pollinger, with their father Laurence Pollinger, founded the literary agency Laurence Pollinger Ltd in 1958. Gerald Pollinger went on to become managing director of Laurence Pollinger Ltd, while Murray Pollinger established his own firm which he ran until his retirement in 1996. Subsequently the firm of Murray Pollinger became part of David Higham Associates. See www.davidhigham.co.uk.2006
Mutual Publishing CompanyMutual Publishing Company was one of the largest subsidiary companies of the American Publishing Company (1865-1903). See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 49 (1986), p. 11, and see the FOB entry for American Publishing Company, which indicates that the firm is now in the ownership of the HarperCollins division of News Corporation.2009
Mysterious PressThe publishing firm of Mysterious Press was founded by Otto Penzler in 1975. In 1989 the firm was acquired by Warner Books. Warner Books was purchased by Hachette Livre in 2006, and renamed Grand Central Publishing. See www.hachettebookgroupusa.com.2008
N. A. G. PressN. A. G. Press was established as a publisher of "horological and gemmological" books. The firm was acquired by Robert Hale Limited in 1993. See www.halebooks.com.2008
Nautical Publishing CompanyThe Nautical Publishing Company was purchased by A. & C. Black Publishers Ltd from Conway Maritime Press in 1987. A. & C. Black is still trading under its own name (see www.acblack.com), but is owned by Bloomsbury Publishing. 2008

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