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Paperback imprint of [[Publisher:Hutchinson|Hutchinson]], or [[Publisher:Century Hutchinson|Century Hutchinson]], now an imprint of [[Publisher:Random House UK|Random House UK]].
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'''Arrow''' is the common name for {{vn|Arrow Books}} which is an imprint of [[Publisher:Hutchinson|Hutchinson]], or [[Publisher:Century Hutchinson|Century Hutchinson]], or the [[Publisher:Random Century|Random Century]] Group, now an imprint of [[Publisher:Random House UK|Random House UK]].
  
 
Usual ISBN Prefix 0099.
 
Usual ISBN Prefix 0099.
  
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Address as of 1963: 178-202, Great Portland Street, London W.1
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== Historical full names and addresses ==
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* 1963: Arrow Books Ltd is identified as an imprint of {{vn|Hutchinson Group}} and was located at 178-202 Great Portland Street, London, W.1.{{ref|9}}<br>
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* 1972: Arrow Books Ltd is identified as an imprint of {{vn|Hutchinson Group}} and was located at 3 Fitzroy Square, London W1.{{ref|3}}
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* 1976: Arrow Books Ltd is identified as an imprint of {{vn|Hutchinson Publishing Group}} and was located at 3 Fitzroy Square, London W1.{{ref|7}}
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* 1979-1980: Arrow Books Limited is identified as an imprint of {{vn|Hutchinson Publishing Group}} and was located at 3 Fitzroy Square, London W1P 6JD.{{ref|1}}{{ref|5}}
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* 1984-1985: Arrow Books Limited is identified as a publisher and a division of {{vn|Hutchinson Publishing Group}} and was located at 17-21 Conway Street, London W1P 6JD.{{ref|11}}{{ref|4}}{{ref|8}}
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* 1989: Arrow Books Limited is identified as an imprint of {{vn|Century Hutchinson}} Limited and was located at 62-65 Chandos Place, London WC2N 4NW.{{ref|2}}
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* 1991: Legend Books, an imprint of Arrow Books Limited, 20 Vauxhall Bridge Road, London, SW1V 2SA. An imprint of the Random Century Group.{{ref|6}}
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* 1996: Arrow Books Limited, 20 Vauxhall Bridge Road, London, SW1V 2SA{{ref|10}}
  
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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. 
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== Arrow Books ==
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: ''As of September 2016:
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# Publisher: Arrow Books redirects here, so that [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/publisher.cgi?390 ISFDB Publisher Record # 390] ("Publisher: Arrow Books") points here.
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# The page history shows this section unchanged from 2009.
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# The database includes Arrow Books publications as early as 1953, of which one says the date is an estimate, in part as "Tuck dates this to 1950, even though the Arrow imprint wasn't founded until 1953. ..." {{p|260224}}; the other cites the author's website.  
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# The database includes primary verified Arrow Books publications as early as 1959, a "stated 4th printing" {{p|511630}}.''
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: --[[User:Pwendt|Pwendt]]|[[User talk:Pwendt|talk]] 18:57, 16 September 2016 (UTC)
  
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01 [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?54036 We All Died at Breakaway Station] Richard C. Meredith
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'''Arrow Books''' has been identified as both an imprint and a publisher that has been active from at least 1963 to 1996.{{ref|3}}{{ref|2}}{{ref|10}}
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02 [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?7587 Come, Hunt an Earthman] Philip E. High
 
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03 [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?263054 Hammer's Slammers] David Drake
 
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04 [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?184097 Interstellar Empire] John Brunner
 
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05 [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?184673 The Starwolf Trilogy] Edmond Hamilton
 
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06 [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?251602 Starhunt] David Gerrold
 
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07 [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?31016 Sold - For a Spaceship] Philip E. High
 
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08 [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?28622 Run, Come See Jerusalem!] Richard C. Meredith
 
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09 [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?263055 Cross the Stars] David Drake
 
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10 [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?37120 Chronicles of the Star Kings] Edmond Hamilton
 
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11 [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?36119 The Blackcollar] Timothy Zahn
 
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12 [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?31449 Space Skimmer] David Gerrold
 
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13 [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?31553 Speaking of Dinosaurs] Philip E. High
 
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14 [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?48676 The Timeliner Trilogy] Richard C. Meredith
 
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15 [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?7410 Cobra] Timothy Zahn
 
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16 [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?3233 Assault on the Gods] Stephen Goldin
 
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17 [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?7416 Cobra Strike] Timothy Zahn
 
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18 [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?3261 At Any Price] David Drake
 
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19 [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?35482 The Backlash Mission] Timothy Zahn
 
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20 [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?47407 The Sky is Filled with Ships] Richard C. Meredith
 
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21 [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?48728 The Torch of Honor] Roger MacBride Allen
 
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22 [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?126451 Victims of the Nova] John Brunner
 
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23 [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?7413 Cobra Bargain] Timothy Zahn
 
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24 [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?16306 Counting the Cost] David Drake
 
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25 [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?28447 Rogue Powers] Roger MacBride Allen
 
  
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: WorldCat library record [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/21276682 OCLC 33251447] reports "Publisher: London, Arrow, 1911".
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: That must be a mis-representation of the 1960 Arrow Books edition of the same work. See OCLC:
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:* [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/504817755 504817755] as 1960
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:* [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/21276682 21276682] as 1960, 1967 printing, "Originally published 1911"
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:* [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/460441211 460441211] as 1967, Arrow books 585
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: --[[User:Pwendt|Pwendt]]|[[User talk:Pwendt|talk]] 20:49, 29 October 2018 (EDT)
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== Logos ==
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* Arrow cover logo from 1963. The stylised 'A' seems to be the origin of the spine logo. {{ref|9}}<br>[[Image:Arrow Logo 1963.jpg]]
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* Arrow Books logo used in at least 1976. This is scanned from a title page. The same logo is used on the spine.{{ref|7}}<br>[[Image:Arrow Books logo (1976).jpg]]
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* Arrow Books logo used in at least 1996. The left is scanned from title page, the right one from the spine.{{ref|10}}<br>[[Image:Arrow_Logo_1996.jpg]][[Image:Arrow_1996_Spine_Logo.jpg]]
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==Publication series==
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* {{vn|Arrow Science Fiction}} (1976){{ref|7}}
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* [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pubseries.cgi?10 Venture SF] (1985 to 1989)
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== Arrow Science Fiction ==
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'''Arrow Science Fiction''' is a publisher's series for {{vn|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.{{ref|7}}
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* Series name as used in 1976{{ref|7}}<br>[[Image:Arrow_Science_Fiction_(1976).jpg]]
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== Printers ==
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'''Arrow Books''' has used the following printing companies to manufacture its publications:
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* 1972 and 1976: {{vn|The Anchor Press}}{{ref|3}}{{ref|7}}
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* 1985: {{vn|Anchor Brendon}}{{ref|8}}
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* 1989: {{vn|Courier International}}{{ref|2}}
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== Verification Sources ==
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{{note|1}} {{SourcePublication|THJGGDRBTN1979|The Jagged Orbit|John Brunner|1979}}.<br>
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{{note|2}} {{SourcePublication|BKTG02151|Counting the Cost|David Drake|1989}}.<br>
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{{note|3}} {{SourcePublication|SLRLTTRJCS1972|Solar Lottery|Philip K. Dick|1972}}.<br>
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{{note|4}} {{SourcePublication|THTWLGHTRL1985|The Twilight Realm|Christopher Carpenter|1985}}.<br>
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{{note|5}} {{SourcePublication|STRRGGRSWQ1980|Star Rigger's Way|Jeffrey A. Carver|1980}}.<br>
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{{note|6}} {{P|CRSTLXPRSN1991|name=Crystal Express}} Bruce Sterling, 1991<br>
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{{Note|7}} {{SourcePublication|THQNCNXFTM1976|The Quincunx of Time|James Blish|1976}}<br>
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{{Note|8}} {{SourcePublication|STRHNTCKCK1985|Starhunt|David Gerrold|1985}}<br>
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{{Note|9}} Image [[:Image:Purple-6_Title_Page.jpg]] from {{P|PRPLGSJGJV1963|name=Purple-6}} published 1963<br>
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{{Note|10}} {{P|BKTG14372|name=Memnoch the Devil}} Anne Rice, 1996<br>
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{{Note|11}} {{P|DCTRMRBLSK1984|name=Doctor Mirabilis}} James Blish, 1984<br>
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{{Note|12}} {{P|THLRFTHWHC1911|name=The Lair of the White Worm}}
  
 
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{{Verified Common Name}}

Latest revision as of 20:49, 29 October 2018

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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

As of September 2016:
  1. Publisher: Arrow Books redirects here, so that ISFDB Publisher Record # 390 ("Publisher: Arrow Books") points here.
  2. The page history shows this section unchanged from 2009.
  3. The database includes Arrow Books publications as early as 1953, of which one says the date is an estimate, in part as "Tuck dates this to 1950, even though the Arrow imprint wasn't founded until 1953. ..." 260224; the other cites the author's website.
  4. The database includes primary verified Arrow Books publications as early as 1959, a "stated 4th printing" 511630.
--Pwendt|talk 18:57, 16 September 2016 (UTC)

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]

WorldCat library record OCLC 33251447 reports "Publisher: London, Arrow, 1911".
That must be a mis-representation of the 1960 Arrow Books edition of the same work. See OCLC:
--Pwendt|talk 20:49, 29 October 2018 (EDT)

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

Publication 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


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

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