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Lion Books, Inc.	Lion Books was a small publishing house founded by Martin Goodman in New York in 1949. The firm was briefly first known as Select Publications. Both Select Publications and Lion Books used the imprint Red Circle Books. in 1957 Lion Books was acquired by New American Library. See the FOB entry for New American Library, which indicates that in 1986 NAL was purchased by Penguin Group USA. See us.penguingroup.com and 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 46 (1986), p. 211-213.	2008
Lydia R. Bailey	The Bailey family printing and publishing firm was founded in Lancaster, Pennsylvania in 1772 and moved to Philadelphia in 1778. The firm was first named Francis Bailey, and became F. and R. Bailey in 1797. From 1808 the firm traded as Lydia R. Bailey. It went out of business in 1861. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 49 (1986), p. 33.	2009
Macfarlane Walter & Ross	Macfarlane Walter & Ross was a non-fiction publishing firm based in Toronto. In 2000 the firm was acquired by McClelland & Stewart. See www.mcclelland.com.	2008
Maunsel and Roberts	The Irish publishing firm of Maunsel and Roberts began trading as Maunsel and Co. in 1905. It changed its name to Maunsel and Roberts in 1920, and closed down through bankruptcy in 1925. See Clare Hutton: 'Maunsel and Co., Irish publishers, 1905-1925', Publishing history 51 (2002).	2008
Nicholson Maps	Nicholson Maps began publishing London Streetfinders in the early 1970s. The firm was purchased by Hutchinson and merged with Geographia in the late 1970s. In 1985 Geographia was sold by Century Hutchinson to Bartholomew, which had recently become a part of News International (now News Corporation). See the FOB entry for Bartholomew, and see www.newscorp.com and www.bartholomewmaps.com.	2006
Nimbus	Nimbus: A Magazine of Literature, the Arts, and New Ideas began publication in December 1951 as a quarterly magazine edited by Tristram Hull for the magazine’s thirteen issues. Hull was later joined by co-editors Ivo Jarosy and David Wright. In 1957 Christopher Logue became co-editor with Hull and the name of the magazine was changed to Nimbus: New English Review. The magazine was published by John Trafford at the Halcyon Press. It ceased publication in 1958. A collection of editorial files for all issues of the magazine except the last are housed at the Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas at Austin.	2025
Oxford Railway Publishing	Oxford Railway Publishing was purchased by Cassell from United Newspapers in 1987. Cassell was purchased by Hachette in 1998, and subsequently divided. See the FOB entry for Cassell.	2008
R. & L. Locker	R. & L. Locker was the publishing firm of Raymond and Lilian Locker, founded in Hanley in the early 1940s. In January 1954 R. & L. Locker "suddenly ceased trading". See Steve Holland: 'The mushroom jungle: a history of postwar paperback publishing' (1993), p. 26.	2008
R. F. Fenno and Company	R. F. Fenno founded his publishing firm in New York in 1885. In 1929 Fenno retired from the firm and it was renamed Diehl, Landau and Pettit (q.v.). Diehl, Landau and Pettit subsequently became the Landau Book Company. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 49 (1986), p. 161, which names Louis Landau as the President of the firm in 1986.	2009
R. G. Berford Company	R. G. Berford Company was a publishing firm founded in Phildelphia around 1840. There was also an occasional New York office. The firm went out of business around 1844. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 49 (1986), p. 51.	2009

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