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Nottingham Educational Supplies	Nottingham Educational Supplies was a division of Nottingham Group plc. In 1989 Nottingham Group acquired most of the firm of E. J. Arnold & Son Ltd of Leeds and merged it with Nottingham Educational Supplies to form NES Arnold. NES Arnold became part of the Novara group and in 2001 was purchased by Findel plc. See www.findel-education.co.uk and www.nesarnold.co.uk.	2008
P. F. Collier & Son	'Collier's Weekly' was founded in 1888 (as 'Collier's Once A Week') and formed the early basis of the publishing house of P. F. Collier & Son. Peter Fenelon Collier died in 1909. In 1919 P. F. Collier & Son was purchased by Crowell and the firm was renamed Crowell-Collier Publishing Company. Crowell-Collier was purchased by the Macmillan Company of New York in 1960. The Crowell-Collier business and imprints formed part of the purchase of Macmillan Inc. by Simon & Schuster in 1994. See www.simonsays.com.	2006
P. J. Kenedy and Sons	The publishing firm of P. J. Kenedy was founded in New York in 1866 as the successor firm to John Kenedy and Son (q.v.), on the death of John Kenedy. The firm was initially in the sole ownership of Patrick John Kenedy. His sons Arthur and Lewis Kenedy became directors of the firm in 1904 and it was renamed P. J. Kenedy and Sons. P. J. Kenedy died in 1906. In 1969 the firm was acquired by Macmillan Inc. of New York and the use of its name came to an end around 1982. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 49 (1986), pp. 237-239, and see the FOB entry for Macmillan Inc.	2009
Patrick O'Shea	Patrick O'Shea founded his publishing firm in New York in 1854. The firm went out of existence in 1906, the year of O'Shea's death. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 49 (1986), p. 347.	2009
Patrick Stephens Ltd	Patrick Stephens Ltd was purchased by Thorsons in 1984. Thorsons was purchased by William Collins in 1989. William Collins became wholly owned by News Corporation in 1990, and was then incorporated into HarperCollins Publishers. See www.newscorp.com. Until 1991 Patrick Stephens imprints were published from the Thorsons address in Wellingborough. From 1991 to the present, however, Patrick Stephens has resumed independent publishing from an address in Sparkford, Somerset.	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
Preston	The music publishing firm of Preston (or Preston & Son) was founded by John Preston in the 1770s and subsequently managed by his son Thomas Preston. The firm was purchased by Coventry & Hollier around 1834, and much of the business of Coventry & Hollier was purchased by Novello in 1849 and 1851. Novello is now part of Chester Music and Novello & Company. See 'Music printing and publishing' / edited by D. W. Krummel and Stanley Sadie (1990) and www.chesternovello.com.	2007
Price Books	Price Books, also known as Spon Price Books, is now part of the Taylor & Francis Group. See www.pricebooks.co.uk and www.taylorandfrancisgroup.com.	2006
Purnell & Sons	The firm of Purnell & Sons was acquired by Robert Maxwell and became one of the component parts of the British Printing Corporation in 1964. Thereafter the Purnell firm and its titles were closely associated with the firm of Macdonald up to and after the break-up of the Robert Maxwell empire. See the FOB entry for Macdonald & Co. The recommended approach is to proceed on a title-by-title basis. Educational titles are likely to be with Pearson Education; children's books are likely to be with Hodder Children's Books; other titles may be with Little, Brown. See www.pearsoned.com; www.hodderchildrens.co.uk; and www.littlebrown.co.uk.	2008
R. H. Russell and Son	Robert H. Russell founded his publishing firm in New York in 1888, in association with his son Robert Jr. The firm began with the purchase of the A. T. B. DeWitt Publishing Company. In 1903 the firm was acquired by Harper and Brothers (later Harper and Row). See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 49 (1986), p. 407; 'Publishers Weekly' 63 (28 March 1903); and the FOB entry for Harper and Row.	2009

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