Publisher · founded 1908 · London
Sidgwick & Jackson
Sidgwick & Jackson was a London publisher founded in 1908 by Frank Sidgwick and R. C. Jackson, early publisher of Rupert Brooke and later an imprint of Pan Macmillan.
- Editions tracked
- 62
- First editions
- 13
- Books
- 62
- Years
- 1927 to 2004
About Sidgwick & Jackson
Sidgwick & Jackson was a London publisher founded in 1908 by Frank Sidgwick and Robert Cameron Jackson, best known for literary fiction and later for popular novelists, and an imprint of Pan Macmillan from the 1980s.
Frank Sidgwick (1879 to 1939) was chairman and Jackson (1882 to 1917) company secretary. The early list included Rupert Brooke, whose 1914 and Other Poems the firm kept in print through many impressions, and E. M. Forster, alongside some academic non-fiction. The firm's records from 1903 to 1966 are held by the Bodleian Library in Oxford.
The company later passed to Trusthouse Forte. William Armstrong ran it as managing director from 1968 to 1995, and the firm helped launch the careers of popular novelists including Shirley Conran, Judith Krantz and Lynda La Plante.
Pan Macmillan acquired Sidgwick & Jackson from Trusthouse Forte in the mid-1980s, and the name continued as a Pan Macmillan imprint within the Holtzbrinck group.
Holding a copy? The first edition checker shows Sidgwick & Jackson's practice for the year on your title page.
Identification
How to identify Sidgwick & Jackson first editions
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Published by Sidgwick & Jackson
Spot the first: Dust jacket, front flap: Printed price on the front flap: 10s. 6d. net (first issue jacket)
Spot the edition: Dust jacket, front flap: Printed price on the front flap: 9s. 6d. net (first issue jacket)
Frequently asked questions
How do I identify a Sidgwick & Jackson first edition?
How many Sidgwick & Jackson books does MyVolumes track?
We track 62 editions published by Sidgwick & Jackson, 13 of them first editions, across 62 books.
Where these facts come from
- Sidgwick & Jackson, Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)
- Rupert Brooke, Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)
- First Editions of Today and How to Tell Them (3rd edn), H. S. Boutell, Internet Archive, 1949 (archive.org)
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