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D. Appleton & Company

Founded	1825[1]
Founder	Daniel Appleton
Defunct	1933
Successor	D. Appleton-Century Co. (1933–1948) Appleton-Century-Crofts (1948)
Country of origin	United States
Headquarters location	New York City, U.S.
Key people	William Henry Appleton George Swett Appleton

D. Appleton & Company was an American publishing company founded byDaniel Appleton, who opened ageneral store which included books. He published his first book in 1831. The company's publications gradually extended over the entire field of literature. It issued the works of contemporary scientists, including those ofHerbert Spencer,John Tyndall,Thomas Huxley,Charles Darwin, and others, at reasonable prices. Medical books formed a special department, and books in theSpanish language for theSouth America market, including the works ofRafael Pombo, were a specialty which the firm made its own. Inbelles lettres and American history, it had a strong list of names among its authors.^[2] On June 2, 1933, D. Appleton & Company merged withThe Century Company.^[3]

• 1813 Relocated from Haverhill toBoston and imported books from England
• 1825 Relocated New York City and entered the book business with brother-in-lawJonathan Leavitt^[1]
• 1831 Published first book:Crumbs from the Master's Table^[4] byWilliam Mason (1719–1791)
• 1848 Daniel Appleton retired; sonWilliam Henry Appleton (1814–1899) formed a partnership with his brothers, John Adams Appleton (1817–1881),George Swett Appleton (1821–1878), Daniel Sidney Appleton (1824–1890) and Samuel Francis Appleton (1826–1883)
• 1849 Death of Daniel Appleton
• 1857 First New York trade publisher to engage insubscription publishing
• 1869Appleton's Journal started
• 1872Popular Science Monthly magazine andInternational Scientific Series started by editorEdward L. Youmans^[5]
• 1875 Original publication of the memoirs of GeneralWilliam Tecumseh Sherman, one of the first such publications by a Civil War general
• 1881 Relocated from Leonard Street and Broadway, to Bond Street, New York City;Journal becomesAppleton's Magazine
• 1890 Co-foundedAmerican Book Company, a conglomerate including D. Appleton & Company
• 1894 PublishedSongs of the Soil byFrank Lebby Stanton
• 1900 Filed for bankruptcy and soldPopular Science; re-organized by Joseph H. Sears ofHarper's
• 1905Appleton's Magazine renamedAppleton's Booklovers Magazine
• 1919J. W. Hiltman named president
• 1924 Purchased Stewart and Kidd, founded in 1914
• 1931 PublishedI Sailed with Chinese Pirates by Aleko E. Lilius
• 1933 Merged withThe Century Company, founded in 1881, to form the Appleton-Century Company
• 1945 Sold hymn books department toRevell Publishing
• 1948 Merged withF. S. Crofts Co., founded in 1924, to formAppleton-Century-Crofts.

• Taylor, Fitch Waterman (1840).The Flag-ship: Or, A Voyage Around the World in the United States Frigate Columbia... Vol. 2 of The Flag Ship, Or: A Voyage Around the World, in the United States Frigate Columbia, Attended by Her Consort the Sloop of War John Adams, and Bearing the Broad Pennant of Commodore George C. Read, Fitch Waterman Taylor. D. Appleton and Company. RetrievedApril 24, 2014.
• The Red Badge of Courage byStephen Crane, 1895
• Uncle Remus: His Songs and His Sayings byJoel Chandler Harris, 1880
• Alice's Adventures in Wonderland byLewis Carroll, 1865, first U.S. edition
• Appletons' Cyclopædia of Biography in 1 volume, 1856, edited byFrancis L. Hawks, added American biographies to the volume edited by Elihu Rich and published in 1854 by Richard Griffin & Company (London).
• Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography in 6 volumes, 1887, edited byJames Grant Wilson andJohn Fiske
• Appleton's Railroad and Steamboat Guide, 1847
• New American Cyclopedia in 16 volumes, edited byGeorge Ripley andCharles Anderson Dana, 1857–1863; revised and enlarged asAmerican Cyclopedia (1873–1876)
• Progress and Poverty 1880
• Annual Cyclopedia for the years 1861–1901, annual
• Johnson's Universal Cyclopaedia 1893, in 8 volumes edited byCharles Kendall Adams. The rights were acquired from Alvin J. Johnson & Co.
• Universal Cyclopaedia 1900, in 12 volumes derived fromJohnson's Universal Cyclopaedia. Edited byCharles Kendall Adams, and from 1902 byRossiter Johnson, with titleUniversal Cyclopaedia and Atlas
• The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia, 1889–1891,New Century Dictionary 1927–c. 1963
• Picturesque America byWilliam Cullen Bryant, 1872
• Unabridged English Dictionary 1859
• works ofJonathan Edwards, 1834 (1703–1758)
• science works ofCharles Darwin (1809–1882)
• Diseases of the Heart and Arterial System, by Dr. Robert Hall Babcock (1903)
• Diseases of the Lungs by Dr. Robert Hall Babcock (1907)
• Memoirs ofWilliam Tecumseh Sherman (1820–1891)
• The Works of Rudyard Kipling [Authorized Editions] 15 Volumes (1899)
• literary works ofHenry James (1843–1916)
• art works ofEdith Wharton (1862–1937)
• architectural works ofStanford White (d. 1906)
• Gems of British Art, 1857
• work ofThomas Henry Huxley, 1880
• From the Manger to the Throne 1880—1889 by REV. T. DeWitt Talmage, D.D.
• American Negro Slavery byUlrich Bonnell Phillips, 1918
• The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government byJefferson Davis
• A Journey in Other Worlds byJohn Jacob Astor

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  Appletons' bookshop, 346 & 348 Broadway, New York, 1856
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  Appletons' Railway and Steam Navigation Guide, 1867
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  Display of D. Appleton & Co. stereoscopic views and implements, 1870s
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  Robbins & Appleton Building, New York, built 1880 (photo 2010)

• Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography
• American Cyclopædia
• Appleton's Magazine
• Appletons' travel guides

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• Appleton-Century MSS
• NYPL.Portraits^{[permanent dead link]} of William H. Appleton, Daniel Appleton, founder, John A. Appleton, George Appleton, Daniel Sidney Appleton.
• Library of Congress.Photo, 2007. Second Floor Corridor. Printers' marks+Columns. Printer's mark of D. Appleton and Co. in North Corridor. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.
• "Appleton, Daniel" .Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. 1900. This has information on the firm's evolution.
• Open Library.D. Appleton and Company
• Finding aid to D. Appleton and Co. Correspondence at Columbia University. Rare Book & Manuscript Library.

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