Matthew, Henry Colin Gray, Brian Harrison, and Lawrence Goldman, editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
Barrie and Rockliff
Connections
Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
---|---|---|
Publishing | Lady Cynthia Asquith | She was persuaded to write these memoirs by Jimmie or James Barrie
, nephew of her late employer Sir James Barrie
, as a text for his recently-launched publishing firm
. |
Publishing | Viola Meynell | Barrie
brought out 3,000 copies, which sold out in the first month. A second printing of 2,000 copies came out in July. MacKenzie, Raymond N. A Critical Biography of English Novelist Viola Meynell, 1885-1956. Edwin Mellen, 2002. 321 |
Wealth and Poverty | Lady Cynthia Asquith | Money had became tight for LCA
and her husband (though cushioned by their wealthy and generous extended families) when he joined up in the First World War, cutting off the income from the Bar which... |
Timeline
1957
Barrie and Rockliff
publishing was founded after Barrie Books
purchased the firm of R. H. Rockliff
.
1965
Barrie and Rockliff
publishers (formerly James Barrie
imprint) bought out both Herbert Jenkins Limited
, publisher of P. G. Wodehouse
, and Hammond, Hammond
, publishers of Radclyffe Hall
.