List of British book publishers

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This List of British book publishers lists both past and present book publishers operating in the United Kingdom. It includes both publishing companies and noted individual publishers.

A

1. Aberdeen University Press
2. Allen & Unwin
3. Anvil Press Poetry
4. Arc Publications

B

1. George Bell (1839-1986)
2. Ernest Benn
3. Richard;Bentley (1794-1871)
4. Basil Blackwell (1889-1984)
5. William Blackwood
6. Bloodaxe Books
7. The Bodley Head
8. A.H. Bullen (1857-1920)

C

1. Thomas Cadell (1742-1802)
2. Cambridge University Press
3. Jonathan Cape
4. Carcanet Press
5. William Caxton (?1422-1492)
6. Chapman & Hall
7. Chatto & Windus (1873-1969)
8. Chiswick Press (1811-1926)
9. Henry Colburn (1784-1855)
10. Cresset Press (1927-1967)

D

1. J.M. Dent (1888-1988)
2. Edward & Charles Dilly
3. Bertram Dobell (1842-1914)
4. Robert Dodsley (1703-1764)

E

1. Edinburgh University Press
2. Enitharmon Press

F

1. Faber & Faber
2. Fantasy Press (1951-1959)

G

1. Gollancz

H

1. Harvill Secker
2. Heinemann
3. Henry Herringman (1628-1704)
4. Hodder & Stoughton
5. Hogarth Press

K

1. Kelmscott Press (1891-1898)

L

1. John Lane
2. Bernard Lintot (1675-1736)
3. Liverpool University Press
4. Longmans

M

1. Macmillan Publishers
2. Manchester University Press
3. Francis Meynell (1891-1975)
4. Moschatel Press
5. Harold Monro (1879-1932)
6. Edward Moxon
7. John Murray

N

1. John Nichols (1745-1826)
2. Nonesuch Press
3. David Nutt (1829-1916)

O

1. Oberon Books
2. Oxford University Press

P

1. George Pearch (1769 fl.)
2. Peepal Tree Press
3. Penguin Books
4. Poetry Bookshop (1913-1926)

S

1. Salt Publishing
2. Walter Scott
3. Secker & Warburg (1936-2005)
4. Seren Books
5. Sheffield Academic Press
6. Smith, Elder

T

1. Tall Lighthouse
2. John Taylor (1781-1864)
3. Jacob Tonson (1655-1736)

U

1. University of Exeter Press
2. University of Wales Press
3. T. Fisher Unwin