Brockhampton Press

Brockhampton Press was a British publishing company, based in Leicester. ^[1]

Children's books

Originally specialising in children's books, from about 1940, Brockhampton Press published the Asterix comic book series, many of Enid Blyton's story collections (such as The Secret Seven), ^[2] many of W. E. Johns's Biggles titles, ^{[3] [4] [5]} much of the Ian and Sovra series by Elinor Lyon, the Cherry books by Will Scott, and Scottish author Nigel Tranter's children's books.

It also published series of children's books, including the Hampton Library and the Super Hampton Library, and the Blackberry Farm series by Jane Pilgrim.

Non-fiction series

In the 1990s the Brockhampton Press published a number of non-fiction and reference series aimed at the popular market, such as The Brockhampton Library ^[6] and the Brockhampton Reference series.

Military history

Brockhampton Press is now an imprint of Hodder Headline, ^{[7] [8]} and is known for its military history books, including works by historian David Nicolle.

References

1. Austin J. Ruddy, "What the city got rid of to make way for indoor market hall", Leicester Mercury , 31 January 2018. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
2. "Butchart writes Secret Seven novels for Hachette", The Bookseller , 10 October 2017. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
3. The Biggles Information Web Site, biggles.info. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
4. W.E. Johns and Biggles, collectingbooksandmagazines.com. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
5. "Biggles i Finland – när barnbokshjälten bedrev stormaktspolitik", svenska.yle.fi. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
6. The Brockhampton Library (Brockhampton Press) - Book Series List, publishinghistory.com. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
7. Brockhampton Press Ltd (Publishers), writewords.org.uk. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
8. Rod Stewart, "Caxton's books for the masses", The Bookseller, 5 September 2020. Retrieved 27 January 2021.