Publishers A to Z

Publishers

The publishers behind collectable books: their first editions, how to identify them and what they are worth.

Most collected

402 publishers with 20 or more editions

  1. Mills & BoonFounded 1908 · Richmond 2,312 editions2,090 firsts
  2. HarlequinFounded 1949 · Toronto 1,746 editions1,413 firsts
  3. HarperCollinsFounded 1817 · New York City 1,430 editions1,065 firsts
  4. ScholasticFounded 1920 · New York City 1,152 editions973 firsts
  5. Penguin BooksFounded 1935 · London 1,081 editions604 firsts
  6. Little, BrownFounded 1837 · New York City 934 editions654 firsts
  7. Hodder & StoughtonFounded 1868 · London 901 editions590 firsts
  8. Bantam BooksFounded 1945 · New York City 882 editions569 firsts
  9. Simon & SchusterFounded 1924 · New York City 844 editions579 firsts
  10. Random HouseFounded 1927 · New York City 789 editions537 firsts
  11. DoubledayFounded 1897 · New York City 714 editions471 firsts
  12. MacmillanFounded 1843 · London 665 editions432 firsts
  13. KnopfFounded 1915 · New York City 638 editions347 firsts
  14. CollinsFounded 1819 · Glasgow 627 editions320 firsts
  15. VikingFounded 1925 · New York City 589 editions409 firsts
  16. G.P. Putnam's SonsFounded 1838 · New York City 567 editions330 firsts
  17. GollanczFounded 1927 · London 556 editions313 firsts
  18. HeinemannFounded 1890 · London 552 editions328 firsts
  19. Pocket BooksFounded 1939 · New York City 512 editions394 firsts
  20. Jonathan CapeFounded 1921 · London 493 editions331 firsts
  21. Harlequin Mills & Boon 466 editions427 firsts
  22. Thorndike Press 450 editions316 firsts
  23. Bloomsbury PublishingLondon 442 editions290 firsts
  24. Prentice-HallFounded 1913 · Upper Saddle River 438 editions353 firsts
  25. Oxford University PressFounded 1586 · Oxford 434 editions289 firsts
  26. Faber & FaberFounded 1929 · London 431 editions274 firsts
  27. McGraw-HillFounded 1909 · New York City 416 editions314 firsts
  28. PuffinFounded 1940 · London 398 editions166 firsts
  29. Avon BooksFounded 1941 · New York City 397 editions362 firsts
  30. Orion Publishing GroupFounded 1991 · London 394 editions242 firsts
  31. Ballantine BooksFounded 1952 · New York City 377 editions274 firsts
  32. Silhouette 371 editions290 firsts
  33. Houghton Mifflin 369 editions278 firsts
  34. Harper & RowFounded 1817 · New York City 367 editions264 firsts
  35. St. Martin's PressFounded 1952 · New York City 367 editions266 firsts
  36. NortonFounded 1923 · 500 Fifth Avenue 323 editions246 firsts
  37. Pan MacmillanFounded 1843 · London 323 editions204 firsts
  38. ScribnerFounded 1846 · New York City 320 editions195 firsts
  39. Walker BooksFounded 1978 · London 305 editions193 firsts
  40. WileyFounded 1807 · Hoboken 302 editions249 firsts
  41. Independently Published 298 editions293 firsts
  42. Farrar, Straus and GirouxFounded 1946 · New York City 294 editions180 firsts
  43. Pan BooksFounded 1944 · London 288 editions98 firsts
  44. Hamish Hamilton 282 editions158 firsts
  45. TorFounded 1980 · Equitable Building 281 editions212 firsts
  46. Delacorte Press 276 editions159 firsts
  47. Headline Publishing GroupFounded 1986 · London 273 editions192 firsts
  48. Chatto & WindusFounded 1855 · London 267 editions177 firsts
  49. PicadorFounded 1972 · London 246 editions110 firsts
  50. Corgi 243 editions79 firsts
  51. Warner BooksFounded 2006 · New York City 236 editions156 firsts
  52. DuttonFounded 1986 · New York City 232 editions158 firsts
  53. Arrow BooksFounded 1953 · London 230 editions71 firsts
  54. HarperFounded 1817 · New York City 227 editions147 firsts
  55. MorrowFounded 1926 · New York City 223 editions168 firsts
  56. SignetFounded 1943 · Kolkata 219 editions205 firsts
  57. HutchinsonFounded 1887 · London 212 editions168 firsts
  58. Secker & WarburgFounded 1935 · London 206 editions94 firsts
  59. Harper CollinsFounded 1817 · New York City 201 editions139 firsts
  60. Transworld PublishersFounded 1950 · London 200 editions136 firsts