Johns Hopkins University Press
Johns Hopkins University Press, founded in Baltimore in 1878, is the oldest continuously operating US university press and runs Project MUSE.
- Editions tracked
- 9
- First editions
- 4
- Books
- 9
- Years
- 1968 to 2008
Johns Hopkins University Press is a publisher active from 1968. We track 9 editions it published between 1968 and 2008, 4 of them first editions across 9 books. Each book lists its first edition and the points that identify it.
About Johns Hopkins University Press
Johns Hopkins University Press is the publishing arm of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, founded in 1878 by the university's first president, Daniel Coit Gilman, and the oldest continuously operating university press in the United States.
It began as the university's Publication Agency, issuing the American Journal of Mathematics in its first year and the American Chemical Journal in its second. Its first book, Sidney Lanier: A Memorial Tribute, followed in 1881. The agency became the Johns Hopkins Press in 1891 and took its present name in 1972. Since 1993 it has been based in a converted 1897 church in Charles Village.
The press publishes more than 200 new books a year and around 90 journals. Its general list includes The 36-Hour Day by Nancy L. Mace and Peter V. Rabins, a family guide to dementia care first published in Baltimore in 1981 and revised in many later editions. Since 1993 it has run Project MUSE, an online platform run with the university's Sheridan Libraries that now carries books and journals from some 400 university presses and learned societies. A third division, Hopkins Fulfillment Services, handles distribution in the United States, while Wiley distributes its books in the UK.
We have not yet written the guide to Johns Hopkins University Press's first-edition conventions. Until we do, check each book's own page: we list its points where we know them. Know how Johns Hopkins University Press marked its firsts? Tell us.
Published by Johns Hopkins University Press
Frequently asked questions
How many Johns Hopkins University Press books does MyVolumes track?
We track 9 editions published by Johns Hopkins University Press, 4 of them first editions, across 9 books.
Where these facts come from
- Johns Hopkins University Press, Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)
- About Project MUSE, Project MUSE (about.muse.jhu.edu)
- The 36-hour day (Johns Hopkins University Press, 1981), Open Library (openlibrary.org)
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