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| − | The publisher Logo changed between 1968 and 1969: the circle divided in two horizontally, lower half black, upper half usually red (as seen [http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/81/77/8ef5c060ada0ac8ec4779110.L.jpg here]) changed to a more stylised Globe (as seen [http://g-ec2.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/eb/5d/491962e89da0cdcac96c4110.L.jpg here]). The latter may also be the beginning of a Publisher Series of "Science Fiction Classics" as evidenced by Number 4 [http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/29/56/e922793509a06828f62a3110.L.jpg here] and Number 10 | + | The publisher Logo changed between 1968 and 1969: the circle divided in two horizontally, lower half black, upper half usually red (as seen [http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/81/77/8ef5c060ada0ac8ec4779110.L.jpg here]) changed to a more stylised Globe (as seen [http://g-ec2.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/eb/5d/491962e89da0cdcac96c4110.L.jpg here]). The latter may also be the beginning of a Publisher Series of "Science Fiction Classics" as evidenced by Number 4 [http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/29/56/e922793509a06828f62a3110.L.jpg here] and Number 10 {{P|256309|name=here}} and Number 8 {{P|NTRNSTRZBM1972|name=here}}. |
=Addresses= | =Addresses= | ||
| + | 1971: 30/32 Gray's Inn Road, London, WC1X 8JL Source: {{P|NTRNSTRZBM1972|name=Neutron Star}}<br> | ||
1973: 30/32 Gray's Inn Road, London, WC1X 8JL Source: {{P|NXTFKNLVST1973|name=Next of Kin}}<br> | 1973: 30/32 Gray's Inn Road, London, WC1X 8JL Source: {{P|NXTFKNLVST1973|name=Next of Kin}}<br> | ||
1982: 30/32 Gray's Inn Road, London, WC1X 8JL Source: {{P|DRSCKBNLWD1982|name=Dorsai!}}<br> | 1982: 30/32 Gray's Inn Road, London, WC1X 8JL Source: {{P|DRSCKBNLWD1982|name=Dorsai!}}<br> | ||
Revision as of 14:20, 5 October 2008
Thomson Books founded the Sphere paperback imprint in 1966. In 1985 Thomson Books sold Hamish Hamilton, Michael Joseph, Sphere Books, Rainbird Publishing Group and TBD Book Service to Pearson-controlled Penguin. In 1989 Robert Maxwell bought Sphere Books from Pearson's Penguin for £13.75m.
Common ISBN Ranges:
- 07221 1970-1990 (Then taken over by Orbit)
- 074740 1988-1989 (Later used by Orbit)
The publisher Logo changed between 1968 and 1969: the circle divided in two horizontally, lower half black, upper half usually red (as seen here) changed to a more stylised Globe (as seen here). The latter may also be the beginning of a Publisher Series of "Science Fiction Classics" as evidenced by Number 4 here and Number 10 here and Number 8 here.
Addresses
1971: 30/32 Gray's Inn Road, London, WC1X 8JL Source: Neutron Star
1973: 30/32 Gray's Inn Road, London, WC1X 8JL Source: Next of Kin
1982: 30/32 Gray's Inn Road, London, WC1X 8JL Source: Dorsai!
1984: 30/32 Gray's Inn Road, London, WC1X 8JL Source: Tactics of Mistake
1989: Sphere Books Ltd, Published by the Penguin Group, 27 Wrights Lane, London W8 5TZ, England Source: The Chantry Guild