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- Allen & Unwin, formerly a major British publishing house, is now an independent book publisher and distributor based in Australia. The Australian directors have been the sole owners of the Allen & Unwin name since effecting a management buy out at the time the UK parent company, Unwin Hyman, was sold to HarperCollins in 1990. The initial firm of George Allen and Sons was established in 1871, becoming George Allen and Unwin in 1914 as a result of Sir Stanley Unwin's purchase of a controlling interest. Best remembered for publishing the highly successful works of J. R. R. Tolkien, the firm prospered under Sir Stanley and his son Rayner S. Unwin (who as a child had reviewed The Hobbit). Its London offices were long at 40 Museum Street. Rayner Unwin had just retired at the end of 1985, Merlin and Corydon Unwin having taken over, when the firm was amalgamated in 1986 with Bell & Hyman to form Unwin Hyman Limited. Robin Hyman, who had first bought the older firm of Arthur Bell, became chairman and chief executive of both Allen & Unwin and Bell & Hyman, and chief executive of the combined Unwin Hyman. From this time onwards Allen & Unwin was an Australia-based, child company of Unwin Hyman. Rayner Unwin returned for a while as part-time chairman of Unwin Hyman, retiring again at the end of 1988. It was over the objections of largest shareholder Unwin that Hyman sold the firm to HarperCollins, the book-publishing arm of Rupert Murdoch's media empire. HarperCollins has since sold Unwin Hyman's academic book list to Routledge. Routledge, in turn, was bought by Taylor & Francis. In addition to operating as a publisher, Allen and Unwin acts as the Australia and New Zealand distributor for numerous overseas publishers, including the Orion Group, and is also a co-sponsor and publisher of the annual Australian/Vogel Literary Award. Through its relationship with United Kingdom publisher Bloomsbury Publishing, Allen & Unwin distributes the Harry Potter series of books in Australia and New Zealand under the Bloomsbury imprint. Allen & Unwin offices are located in St Leonards and Crows Nest in New South Wales, in East Melbourne, Victoria, and in Auckland, New Zealand. As one of the largest UK publishers when Standard Book Numbering was introduced, Allen & Unwin were allocated one of the English two-digit publisher codes, 0-04-. Uniquely among publishers, for many years the first three digits of each 6-digit title number they allocated were the main Dewey Decimal Classification for the subject of the book.
- George Allen & Unwin Ltd. war ein britischer Verlag mit Sitz in London, der unter anderem die Werke J. R. R. Tolkiens veröffentlichte.
- George Allen & Unwin (Publishers), Ltd. , antigament una de les principals editorials britàniques, actualment és una editorial i distribuïdora independent amb seu a Austràlia. Va ser fundada amb el nom de George Allen & Sons el 1871 i es va convertir en George Allen & Unwin el 1914, com a resultat de la compra d'una part majoritària de l'empresa per part de Sir Stanley Unwin. Els directors australians de l'empresa són avui en dia els únics propietaris de la marca des de que la van comprar quan l'empresa mare, anomenada llavors Unwin Hyman, va ser adquirida per HarperCollins el 1990. Es coneguda principalment per ser l'editorial de l'escriptor J. R. R. Tolkien i de les seves novel·les El hòbbit i El Senyor dels Anells.
- George Allen & Unwin (Publishers), Ltd. , antiguamente una de las principales editoriales británicas, es ahora una editorial y distribuidora independiente con sede en Australia. Fue fundada como George Allen & Sons en 1871 y se convirtió en George Allen & Unwin en 1914, como resultado de la compra de una parte mayoritaria de lacompañía por Sir Stanley Unwin. Los directores australianos de la empresa son hoy los únicos propietarios de la marca desde que la compraron cuando la empresa matriz, entonces llamada Unwin Hyman, fue adquirida por HarperCollins en 1990. Es conocida principalmente por ser la editora del escritor J. R. R. Tolkien y de sus novelas El hobbit y El Señor de los Anillos.
- Allen & Unwin est une ancienne maison d'édition britannique, aujourd'hui devenue un éditeur indépendant basé en Australie. Elle est principalement connue pour avoir édité les ouvrages de J. R. R. Tolkien. Elle est fondée par Stanley Unwin en 1914, après que ce dernier a racheté l'actif de l'éditeur George Allen & Co. , fondé en 1871. Outre J. R. R. Tolkien, Allen & Unwin a édité d'autres auteurs célèbres, comme Bertrand Russell et Thor Heyerdahl. En 1986, la firme est rebaptisée Unwin Hyman après sa fusion avec un autre petit éditeur, Bell & Hyman. Cependant, les profits ne cessent de décliner, et en 1990, Unwin Hyman est acheté par HarperCollins.
- Allen & Unwin, precedentemente un editore inglese, è ora una casa editrice e distributrice indipendente con sede in Australia. I dirigenti australiani divennero i soli proprietari del nome della Allen & Unwin quando la Unwin Hyman, parte inglese della società, venne venduta alla HarperCollins nel 1990. I suoi uffici di Londra sono stati per lungo tempo al numero 40 di Museum Street. La società venne fondata nel 1871, con nome "George Allen & Sons", diventando poi Allen & Unwin nel 1914 come risultato dell'acquisto da parte di Sir Stanley Unwin di una parte considerevole della società. Fra i libri di maggior successo pubblicati dalla casa editrice vi sono i lavori di J.R.R. Tolkien; tra l'altro il figlio di Sir Stanley, Rayner S. Unwin, da bambino aveva recensito Lo Hobbit.
- Allen & Unwin foi uma editora britânica de grande porte, e agora é uma editora independente e distribuidora, sediada na Austrália.
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- Allen & Unwin, formerly a major British publishing house, is now an independent book publisher and distributor based in Australia. The Australian directors have been the sole owners of the Allen & Unwin name since effecting a management buy out at the time the UK parent company, Unwin Hyman, was sold to HarperCollins in 1990.
- George Allen & Unwin Ltd. war ein britischer Verlag mit Sitz in London, der unter anderem die Werke J. R. R. Tolkiens veröffentlichte.
- George Allen & Unwin (Publishers), Ltd. , antigament una de les principals editorials britàniques, actualment és una editorial i distribuïdora independent amb seu a Austràlia. Va ser fundada amb el nom de George Allen & Sons el 1871 i es va convertir en George Allen & Unwin el 1914, com a resultat de la compra d'una part majoritària de l'empresa per part de Sir Stanley Unwin.
- George Allen & Unwin (Publishers), Ltd. , antiguamente una de las principales editoriales británicas, es ahora una editorial y distribuidora independiente con sede en Australia. Fue fundada como George Allen & Sons en 1871 y se convirtió en George Allen & Unwin en 1914, como resultado de la compra de una parte mayoritaria de lacompañía por Sir Stanley Unwin.
- Allen & Unwin est une ancienne maison d'édition britannique, aujourd'hui devenue un éditeur indépendant basé en Australie. Elle est principalement connue pour avoir édité les ouvrages de J. R. R. Tolkien. Elle est fondée par Stanley Unwin en 1914, après que ce dernier a racheté l'actif de l'éditeur George Allen & Co. , fondé en 1871. Outre J. R. R. Tolkien, Allen & Unwin a édité d'autres auteurs célèbres, comme Bertrand Russell et Thor Heyerdahl.
- Allen & Unwin, precedentemente un editore inglese, è ora una casa editrice e distributrice indipendente con sede in Australia. I dirigenti australiani divennero i soli proprietari del nome della Allen & Unwin quando la Unwin Hyman, parte inglese della società, venne venduta alla HarperCollins nel 1990. I suoi uffici di Londra sono stati per lungo tempo al numero 40 di Museum Street.
- Allen & Unwin foi uma editora britânica de grande porte, e agora é uma editora independente e distribuidora, sediada na Austrália.
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