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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 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]). |
| + | : [[Image:Sphere (logo).jpg]]<br> | ||
| + | : "Modern" logo{{refp|FVRDRMTHRF1970|Fever Dream: and Other Fantasies|Kurt Singer|September 1970}} | ||
=Addresses= | =Addresses= | ||
| − | 1973: 30/32 | + | 1970: 30/32 Gray's Inn Road, London, WC1 Source: {{P|THMKRFNVRS1970|name=The Maker of Universes}}<br> |
| − | <br> | + | 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> | ||
| + | 1982: 30/32 Gray's Inn Road, London, WC1X 8JL Source: {{P|DRSCKBNLWD1982|name=Dorsai!}}<br> | ||
| + | 1984: 30/32 Gray's Inn Road, London, WC1X 8JL Source: {{P|TCTCSFMSTK1984|name=Tactics of Mistake}}<br> | ||
| + | 1989: Sphere Books Ltd, Published by the Penguin Group, 27 Wrights Lane, London W8 5TZ, England Source: {{P|BKTG01762|name=The Chantry Guild}}<br> | ||
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| + | == Source publications == | ||
| + | * {{SourcePublication|FVRDRMTHRF1970|Fever Dream: and Other Fantasies|Kurt Singer|September 1970}} | ||
{{Publishercategory}} | {{Publishercategory}} | ||
Latest revision as of 16:03, 15 February 2016
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).
- "Modern" logo[September 1970]
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Addresses
1970: 30/32 Gray's Inn Road, London, WC1 Source: The Maker of Universes
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
Source publications
- Fever Dream: and Other Fantasies by Kurt Singer published September 1970