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Lucas Bookselling Services	Lucas Bookselling Services was purchased by Collet's Holdings Ltd in 1989. See the FOB entry for Collet's Holdings Ltd, which indicates that the firm collapsed and went out of business in 1993.	2008
M. Witmark & Sons	The music publishing firm of M. Witmark & Sons was established in New York City in 1885. In 1928 the firm was purchased by Warner Brothers Pictures, and it is identified as one of the predecessor firms of Warner/Chappell Music, Inc. in the history pages of www.warnerchappell.com.	2007
Macrae Smith Company	The Macrae Smith Company was established in Philadelphia in 1925 by Durant L. Macrae and Allan M. Smith as the successor firm to the George W. Jacobs Company (q.v.). Durant L. Macrae died in 1968 and was succeeded as president by Donald P. Macrae. The firm went out of business in 1977. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 46 (1986), pp. 216-218.	2008
Marion von Schröder Verlag	Marion Janet von Schröder founded her own publishing firm in Hamburg in 1935. The firm was originally called Verlag für die Frau, but was later renamed Marion von Schröder Verlag. The firm became part of the Axel Springer group, being part of Econ Ullstein List and then from 2000 to 2003 of Ullstein Heyne List. Ullstein Heyne List was broken up in 2003 and Marion von Schröder Verlag was sold to Bonnier AB of Stockholm. It is now an imprint of Ullstein Buchverlage. See www.bonnier.com and www.ullsteinbuchverlage.de.	2008
Marshall, Morgan & Scott	The religious publishing firm of Marshall, Morgan and Scott merged with Pickering & Inglis in the mid-1980s to form Marshall Pickering. See the FOB entry for Marshall Pickering, which indicates that any surviving rights will now belong to the Zondervan division of News Corporation. See www.zondervan.com.	2007
Methuen Children's Books	The Methuen website (www.methuen.co.uk) confirms that Methuen Children's Books is now owned not by Methuen but by Egmont. See www.egmont.co.uk.	2008
Modern Library	The Modern Library was founded as an imprint of Boni and Liveright (q.v.) in New York in 1917. Its original name was The Modern Library of the World's Best Books. In 1925 the Modern Library was purchased from Boni and Liveright by Bennett Cerf and Donald Klopfer. In 1927 Cerf and Klopfer changed the name of the firm to Random House. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 46 (1986), pp. 242-245; the FOB entry for Random House; and www.randomhouse.com.	2008
Museum Street Buildings Ltd	The firm of Museum Street Buildings Ltd formed part of Messrs George Allen & Unwin. See the FOB entry for George Allen & Unwin, which indicates that any surviving rights will now belong to HarperCollins.	2006
National Evaluation Systems	The firm of National Evaluation Systems was purchased by Pearson Education in April 2006. See www.pearsoned.com.	2013
NES Arnold	In 1989 most of the firm of E. J. Arnold & Son Ltd was acquired by Nottingham Group plc and merged 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

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