| Founded | 1897 |
|---|---|
| Founder | Franklin Thomas Grant Richards |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Headquarters location | London |
| Publication types | Books |
Grant Richards was a small British publishing house founded in 1897 by the writerGrant Richards.
Significant publications from the company's first incorporation wereGeorge Bernard Shaw'sPlays Pleasant and Unpleasant andA. E. Housman'sA Shropshire Lad, as well as books byG. K. Chesterton,Saki,Arnold Bennett,Samuel Butler, andErnest Bramah.
In 1897, the Grant Richards publishing house began publishing theDumpy Books for Children series of small format books for children.
In 1901, the publishing house launched The World's Classics, a reprint series of out of copyright literary classics.[1] In 1905, the series was acquired byHenry Frowde ofOxford University Press, which continues to publish the series asOxford World's Classics.[2]
Richards declared bankruptcy in 1905. He reorganised and continued to run the firm, publishing first under the name of E. Grant Richards (which included the initial of his wife's first name) and then under the name of Grant Richards Ltd. In these years the firm published works byJohn Galsworthy,Royall Tyler,James Joyce,[3]Robert Tressell,John Masefield, andJack Kahane.
In 1926, when Richards declared bankruptcy a second time, the firm was renamed as the Richards Press. In 1937, the firm was bought byMartin Secker.[4] It was subsequently bought by John Baker and finally byA & C Black.[5]
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