Publisher:Arrow

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 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 used in at least 1996. The left is scanned from title page, the right one from the spine.^[10]
  

Publisher's series

• Arrow Science Fiction (1976)^[7]
• Venture SF (1985 to 1989)

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]
  

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.

01 We All Died at Breakaway Station Richard C. Meredith 
02 Come, Hunt an Earthman Philip E. High
03 Hammer's Slammers David Drake
04 Interstellar Empire John Brunner 
05 The Starwolf Trilogy Edmond Hamilton
06 Starhunt David Gerrold
07 Sold - For a Spaceship Philip E. High
08 Run, Come See Jerusalem! Richard C. Meredith 
09 Cross the Stars David Drake 
10 Chronicles of the Star Kings Edmond Hamilton 
11 The Blackcollar Timothy Zahn
12 Space Skimmer David Gerrold
13 Speaking of Dinosaurs Philip E. High
14 The Timeliner Trilogy Richard C. Meredith 
15 Cobra Timothy Zahn
16 Assault on the Gods Stephen Goldin
17 Cobra Strike Timothy Zahn
18 At Any Price David Drake 
19 The Backlash Mission Timothy Zahn
20 The Sky is Filled with Ships Richard C. Meredith
21 The Torch of Honor Roger MacBride Allen 
22 Victims of the Nova John Brunner
23 Cobra Bargain Timothy Zahn
24 Counting the Cost David Drake
25 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:

Printers

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

• 1972 and 1976: The Anchor Press^[3][7]
• 1985: Anchor Brendon^[8]
• 1989: Courier International^[2]

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