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Pendulum Publications	Pendulum Publications was a publisher of poetry and popular fiction in the post-war period. According to Steve Holland, the firm went into liquidation in 1947. See Steve Holland: 'The mushroom jungle: a history of postwar paperback publishing' (1993), pp. 56 & 127.	2008
Penn Publishing Company	The Penn Publishing Company was founded in Philadelphia in 1889 by Charles C. Shoemaker. The firm went bankrupt in 1941 and its assets were acquired by the Harlem Book Company, which restarted the firm as William Penn Publishing Corporation. This new company failed in 1943, however, and its assets were acquired by Alfred A. Knopf. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 49 (1986), p. 357 and see the FOB entry for Alfred A. Knopf Inc.	2009
Penrose Annual	Penrose Annual was an international annual of the graphic arts published by Lund Humphries from 1897 until 1973. See Hazel Bell: 'Personalities in publishing: John Taylor', Journal of scholarly publishing 33 (October 2001). See also the FOB entry for Lund Humphries.	2008
Pergamon Press	Pergamon Press was founded by Robert Maxwell in 1949. In 1991 it was purchased from the Maxwell Group by the Dutch firm Elsevier NV. In 1993 Elsevier NV merged with Reed International plc to form Reed Elsevier. See www.reedelsevier.com.	2006
Permabooks	Permabooks was established in 1948 as an imprint of the Garden City subsidiary of Doubleday (q.v.). In 1954 Doubleday sold Permabooks to Pocket Books. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 46 (1986), pp. 284-286 and see the FOB entry for Pocket Books, which indicates that the firm now belongs to Simon & Schuster. See www.simonsays.com.	2008
Peter Collin Publishing	Peter Collin Publishing now forms part of A. & C. Black, which in turn is owned by Bloomsbury. See the FOB entry for A. & C. Black, and www.acblack.com.	2014
Peter Davies Ltd	Peter Davies set up his own publishing company in 1926. In 1937 William Heinemann Ltd took a majority interest in the firm of Peter Davies Ltd, and the two firms were closely linked for the next forty years. In 1977 Peter Davies Ltd was fully incorporated into Heinemann. See the FOB entry for William Heinemann Ltd.	2008
Peter F. Cunningham and Son	Peter F. Cunningham founded his publishing firm in Philadelphia around 1860. In 1873 the firm became Peter F. Cunningham and Son. In 1908 it was purchased by P. J. Kenedy and Sons. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 49 (1986), p. 110 and see the FOB entry for P. J. Kenedy and Sons.	2009
Peter Newell	According to the catalogue of the Peter Owen papers in Reading University Library, Peter Newell was an early imprint [ca. 1950] of Peter Owen. The firm of Peter Owen Publishers remains independent. See www.peterowen.com.	2009
Philip Harris	In 1997 Nottingham Group plc and the firm of Philip Harris merged to form a new company called Novara. In 2001 Novara was purchased by Findel plc. See www.findel-education.co.uk.	2008

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