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From 1985 to 1989 Hamlyn, later Arrow, introduced a sub-imprint "Venture SF" for a while, but kept the Hamlyn or Arrow logos on the spine. This could be regarded as a publisher series of sorts (or even a magazine, as there was one book per month planned). Series Editors were Rog Peyton and Rod Milner.   
 
From 1985 to 1989 Hamlyn, later Arrow, introduced a sub-imprint "Venture SF" for a while, but kept the Hamlyn or Arrow logos on the spine. This could be regarded as a publisher series of sorts (or even a magazine, as there was one book per month planned). Series Editors were Rog Peyton and Rod Milner.   
  
01 [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?54036 We All Died at Breakaway Station] Richard C. Meredith
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See [[Hamlyn's Venture SF]] for a detailed list
02 [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?7587 Come, Hunt an Earthman] Philip E. High
 
03 [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?263054 Hammer's Slammers] David Drake
 
04 [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?184097 Interstellar Empire] John Brunner
 
05 [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?184673 The Starwolf Trilogy] Edmond Hamilton
 
06 [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?251602 Starhunt] David Gerrold
 
07 [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?31016 Sold - For a Spaceship] Philip E. High
 
08 [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?28622 Run, Come See Jerusalem!] Richard C. Meredith
 
09 [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?263055 Cross the Stars] David Drake
 
10 [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?37120 Chronicles of the Star Kings] Edmond Hamilton
 
11 [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?36119 The Blackcollar] Timothy Zahn
 
12 [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?31449 Space Skimmer] David Gerrold
 
13 [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?31553 Speaking of Dinosaurs] Philip E. High
 
14 [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?48676 The Timeliner Trilogy] Richard C. Meredith
 
15 [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?7410 Cobra] Timothy Zahn
 
16 [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?3233 Assault on the Gods] Stephen Goldin
 
17 [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?7416 Cobra Strike] Timothy Zahn
 
18 [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?3261 At Any Price] David Drake
 
19 [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?35482 The Backlash Mission] Timothy Zahn
 
20 [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?47407 The Sky is Filled with Ships] Richard C. Meredith
 
21 [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?48728 The Torch of Honor] Roger MacBride Allen
 
22 [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?126451 Victims of the Nova] John Brunner
 
23 [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?7413 Cobra Bargain] Timothy Zahn
 
24 [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?16306 Counting the Cost] David Drake
 
25 [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?28447 Rogue Powers] Roger MacBride Allen
 
 
 
The spine imprint changed from Hamlyn to Arrow during the course of the series, and the "V" logo changed colour, and the "SF" moved from below the "V" to above:
 
 
 
[[Image:Vsf.jpg]]
 
  
 
== Printers ==
 
== Printers ==

Revision as of 18:42, 12 July 2009

Arrow is the common name for Arrow Books which is an imprint of Hutchinson, or Century Hutchinson, or the Random Century Group, now an imprint of Random House UK.

Usual ISBN Prefix 0099.

Historical full names and addresses

  • 1963: Arrow Books Ltd is identified as an imprint of Hutchinson Group and was located at 178-202 Great Portland Street, London, W.1.[9]
  • 1972: Arrow Books Ltd is identified as an imprint of Hutchinson Group and was located at 3 Fitzroy Square, London W1.[3]
  • 1976: Arrow Books Ltd is identified as an imprint of Hutchinson Publishing Group and was located at 3 Fitzroy Square, London W1.[7]
  • 1979-1980: Arrow Books Limited is identified as an imprint of Hutchinson Publishing Group and was located at 3 Fitzroy Square, London W1P 6JD.[1][5]
  • 1984-1985: Arrow Books Limited is identified as a publisher and a division of Hutchinson Publishing Group and was located at 17-21 Conway Street, London W1P 6JD.[11][4][8]
  • 1989: Arrow Books Limited is identified as an imprint of Century Hutchinson Limited and was located at 62-65 Chandos Place, London WC2N 4NW.[2]
  • 1991: Legend Books, an imprint of Arrow Books Limited, 20 Vauxhall Bridge Road, London, SW1V 2SA. An imprint of the Random Century Group.[6]
  • 1996: Arrow Books Limited, 20 Vauxhall Bridge Road, London, SW1V 2SA[10]

Arrow Books

Arrow Books has been identified as both an imprint and a publisher that has been active from at least 1963 to 1996.[3][2][10]

A possibly diferent Arrow is listed as a London publisher in an OCLC record for a 1911 edition of Bram Stoker's novel The Lair of the White Worm [12].

Logos

  • Arrow cover logo from 1963. The stylised 'A' seems to be the origin of the spine logo. [9]
    Arrow Logo 1963.jpg
  • Arrow Books logo used in at least 1976. This is scanned from a title page. The same logo is used on the spine.[7]
    Arrow Books logo (1976).jpg
  • Arrow Books logo used in at least 1996. The left is scanned from title page, the right one from the spine.[10]
    Arrow Logo 1996.jpgArrow 1996 Spine Logo.jpg

Publisher's series

Arrow Science Fiction

Arrow Science Fiction is a publisher's series for Arrow Books and was used in at least 1976. In the referenced publication the name is only used on the front cover and was not branded with logos, etc. the way Venture SF is.[7]

  • Series name as used in 1976[7]
    Arrow Science Fiction (1976).jpg

Venture SF

From 1985 to 1989 Hamlyn, later Arrow, introduced a sub-imprint "Venture SF" for a while, but kept the Hamlyn or Arrow logos on the spine. This could be regarded as a publisher series of sorts (or even a magazine, as there was one book per month planned). Series Editors were Rog Peyton and Rod Milner.

See Hamlyn's Venture SF for a detailed list

Printers

Arrow Books has used the following printing companies to manufacture its publications:

Verification Sources

1. ^  The Jagged Orbit by John Brunner published 1979 .
2. ^  Counting the Cost by David Drake published 1989 .
3. ^  Solar Lottery by Philip K. Dick published 1972 .
4. ^  The Twilight Realm by Christopher Carpenter published 1985 .
5. ^  Star Rigger's Way by Jeffrey A. Carver published 1980 .
6. ^  Crystal Express Bruce Sterling, 1991
7. ^  The Quincunx of Time by James Blish published 1976
8. ^  Starhunt by David Gerrold published 1985
9. ^  Image Image:Purple-6_Title_Page.jpg from Purple-6 published 1963
10. ^  Memnoch the Devil Anne Rice, 1996
11. ^  Doctor Mirabilis James Blish, 1984
12. ^  The Lair of the White Worm