Logo of George G. Harrap and Co. from a 1929 bookBook coverFolk tales from many lands byLilian Gask, published 1910 by Harrap&Co
George G. Harrap, Ltd (officially: George G. Harrap and Company Limited, London,[1] Bombay)[2] was a publisher of speciality books, many of them educational, such as the memoirs ofWinston Churchill, or highly illustrated with line drawings, engravings or etchings, such as the much republished classic educational children's bookThe Cave Boy of the Age of Stone[3] from at least 1901[4][5] into the 1980s.[6]
Publishers of English classics for the educational trade, Harrap was also known for publishing finely illustrated books byRackham, Gooden, and others, and as the publisher of Winston Churchill.
In 1992, George G. Harrap and Co. was acquired and became part ofChambers Harrap of Scotland, a subsidiary of the French publisher CEP.Havas acquired CEP in 1997; Havas was then acquired byVivendi in 1998. Vivendi sold its European book publishing toLagardère Group in 2002.[7]
In September 2009 the Edinburgh offices of Harrap, as part of Chambers Harrap, were closed. The Harrap's section has been moved to Paris, where, according to a press release[8] by the owners, the plan is forHachetteLarousse publishers to manage it directly.
^As cited inThe Cave Boy of the Age of Stone. The latter novel is now in the public domain and is being brought out by many ebook publishers and epublishing archival projects.
^Carreyrou, John; Frank, Robert (2002-10-23). "Vivendi Universal Reaches Pact To Sell Part of Publishing Unit --- France's Lagardere Is Set To Buy Non-U.S. Portion; Criticism of Deal Is Likely".Wall Street Journal, Eastern edition; New York, N.Y. New York, N.Y., United States, New York, N.Y. pp. –4.ISSN0099-9660.ProQuest398881177.
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