Duell, Sloan and Pearce

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Duell, Sloan and Pearce
StatusDefunct
Founded1939
FounderC. Halliwell Duell, Samuel Sloan and Charles A. Pearce
SuccessorHawthorn Books
Country of origin United States
Headquarters location New York City
Publication types Books

Duell, Sloan and Pearce was a publishing company located in New York City. It was founded in 1939 by C. Halliwell Duell, Samuel Sloan and Charles A. Pearce. It initially published general fiction and non-fiction, but not westerns, light romances or children's books. It published works by many prominent authors, including Archibald MacLeish, John O'Hara, Erskine Caldwell (including his American Folkways series) Anaïs Nin, Conrad Aiken, Wallace Stegner, E. E. Cummings, Howard Fast, Benjamin Spock, Joseph Jay Deiss, and William Bradford Huie. In addition to their literary list, the firm published many works of military history, with a focus on aviation in the war years.

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Duell, Sloan and Pearce soon became sales agent for Musette Publishers, which had a line of children's books. The firm also published photographic essays, including the U.S. Camera annuals. U.S. Camera 1941 was banned in Boston because it contained photographs of nudes. In 1942, the firm agreed to handle all advertising, promotion, selling and distribution of Eagle Books titles. The firm later added the Essential Books and Bloodhound Mysteries divisions. Arrowhead Books was later added as an independent subsidiary of Duell, Sloan, and Pearce.

In 1947, the firm planned to introduce the New American Naturalist series, which would provide a "considerable variety of titles on American natural history subjects", each with "a generous inclusion of photographs"; [1] however, the series did not appear and the planned first title, Moldenke's American Wild Flowers, was published in The New Illustrated Naturalist series (D. Van Nostrand Company) instead. [2]

In 1951, Duell, Sloan and Pearce entered into an agreement with Little, Brown and Company for Little, Brown to handle the manufacturing, warehousing, promotion, and selling of all Duell, Sloan and Pearce titles. The two firms remained independent, but the books carried both imprints. In 1956, Duell, Sloan and Pearce terminated the arrangement with Little, Brown, and joined the McKay Group, a cooperative selling and manufacturing association in New York. In March 1961 Duell, Sloan and Pearce became an affiliate of Meredith Publishing Company. In 1967, Meredith announced that all affiliated imprints, including Duell, Sloan and Pearce, would no longer be used. The rights to Duell, Sloan and Pearce books were sold by Meredith to the independent publisher Hawthorn Books in 1969. [3] After Hawthorn closed in 1977, the rights to its titles were acquired by E. P. Dutton. [4]

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  1. ↑ Harriet G. Trowbridge, The New American Naturalist, New York, New York, Letter to Laura Gilpin, November 25, 1947, Amon Carter Museum of American Art, cartermuseum.org. Retrieved 30 March 2023/
  2. ↑ American Wild Flowers, worldcat.org. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
  3. ↑ FOB Search Results
  4. ↑ Hawthorn Books, Inc.
  5. ↑ https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=se%3AAmerican+folkways&itemSubType=book-printbook&itemSubTypeModified=book-printbook se:American Folkways], worldcat.org. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
  6. ↑ se:American Guide Series, worldcat.org. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
  7. ↑ "Armed Services Editions" + "Duell, Sloan and Pearce", worldcat.org. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
  8. ↑ The masonry house; step-by-step construction in tile and brick, worldcat.org. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
  9. ↑ "British Commonwealth Series" + "Duell, Sloan", worldcat.org. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
  10. ↑ se:Bloodhound Mystery, worldcat.org. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
  11. ↑ The Hyperion Music Series, worldcat.org. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
  12. ↑ Memories of Arlington, Vermont, worldcat.org. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
  13. ↑ se:Regional Murder Series, worldcat.org. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
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