Victor Gollancz Ltd

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A Gollancz edition of The Door Into Summer, displaying the distinctive yellow dust jacket style.

Victor Gollancz Ltd was a major British book publishing house of the 20th century. It was founded in 1927 by Victor Gollancz (1893–1967) and specialised in the publication of high quality literature and popular fiction, including science fiction. It was first to publish many famous authors and their books including

George Orwell with Down and Out in Paris and London in 1933
Daphne du Maurier with Rebecca in 1938
Kingsley Amis with Lucky Jim in 1953
Anthony Price with The Labyrinth Makers in 1971.

Many of Gollancz's books were published in one of their familiar house dust jackets, of which the most famous was bright yellow, with the title and author rendered in a vibrant, bold typography.

Upon Gollancz's death in 1967, ownership passed to his daughter, Livia. She sold it to Houghton Mifflin in 1989. Three years later, in October 1992, Houghton Mifflin sold Gollancz to Cassell. In 1998, the Orion Publishing Group purchased Gollancz from Cassell and turned it into its science fiction and fantasy imprint, Gollancz Science Fiction.

In 2005 Gollancz set up a manga publishing arm, Gollancz Manga, which publishes UK editions of various Viz Media properties.

The following titles have been published:

Case Closed (Detective Conan)
Dragon Ball
Fushigi Yūgi
Flame of Recca
Maison Ikkoku
One Piece
Rurouni Kenshin
Yu-Gi-Oh! (Volumes 1-7 and Yu-Gi-Oh! Duelist)

External links

Official Sites

[Orion Publishing Group] Official website

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