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695: 252: 142: 36: 366:, with Robin Hyman as chief executive. From this time "Allen & Unwin" continued only as the name of the Australian subsidiary of Unwin Hyman. Rayner Unwin returned for a while as part-time chairman of Unwin Hyman, retiring again at the end of 1988. It was over the objections of Rayner Unwin, the largest 386:. Now known simply as "Allen & Unwin", the company went on to become the most successful "independent" publisher in Australia. It currently publishes up to 250 new titles a year. Among the many authors published by Allen & Unwin are 267:
purchased a controlling interest in George Allen & Co. It became one of the leading publishers of the twentieth century and to established an Australian subsidiary in 1976. In 1990 Allen & Unwin was sold to
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on 4 August 1914 as a result of Stanley Unwin's purchase of a controlling interest. Frank Arthur Mumby and Frances Helena Swan Stallybrass, Unwin's son
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Allen & Unwin Australia Pty Ltd became independent in July 1990 by means of a management buy-out after the UK firm was bought by
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due to legal concerns that it "would be targeted by Beijing and its proxies in Australia."
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Rayner Unwin retired at the end of 1985, and the firm was amalgamated in 1986 with
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novel in 1954โ€“1955. Book series published by the firm in this period include the
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and his nephew Philip helped him to run the company, which published works by
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London: Allen & Unwin, 1955. With an introduction by Dr. John Murray.
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Unwin Books (George Allen & Unwin) โ€“ Book Series List
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Frank Arthur Mumby and Frances Helena Swan Stallybrass,
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From Swan Sonnenschein to George Allen & Unwin Ltd.
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From Swan Sonnenschein to George Allen & Unwin Ltd.
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In 2017, Allen & Unwin refused to publish the book
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was a British publishing company formed in 1911 when
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