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The Publishing Houses: Who, What and When...

"What we take for the history of nature is only the very incomplete history of an instant" - Denis Diderot

All the Knowing Series books of S. L. Case were first published by Evans Brothers Ltd. The titles were then taken on by Bell and Hyman which then became Unwin Hyman Ltd.

Lastly, they were published by HarperCollins Publishers, later Collins Education. Different printings of books have various ISBNs (International Standard Book Number) according to the publisher.

The Publishing Houses

Edward Arnold Publishers Ltd has over 100 years of publishing experience and is a member of the progressive Hodder Headline group. Edward Arnold is committed to the publication of high quality books and journals for students, academics and professionals.

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Evans Books Ltd is an educational publisher, established more than 90 years ago, that specialises in high quality books for schools and libraries.

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Unwin Hyman Ltd was purchased by HarperCollins in July 1990. HarperCollins sold the Unwin Hyman academic division to Thomson Books' Routledge division. Routledge was subsequently acquired by the Taylor & Francis Group. Allen & Unwin is still an independent publishing firm in Australia and New Zealand.

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HarperCollins was founded in New York City in 1817 by the brothers James and John Harper but is now owned by News Corporation. HarperCollins is a broad-based publisher including the Collins Education subsidiary.

Sadly, since 1999 the publications have been out of print and new copies are becoming increasingly difficult to track down.