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as the general editor. Each volume had one or two editors and consisted of "representative selections, with introduction, bibliography, and notes".
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edited by Chester Penn Higby, Professor of History, University of Wisconsin, and B. T. Schantz, Instructor in English, Colgate University;
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This article is about the American Book Company established in 1890. For the American Book Company established in 1996, see
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Betsky, Seymour (September 1983). "American Literature in the Marketplace. Literature and Cultural Inquiry".
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Many of the college level textbook rights of ABC/Litton were sold by International Thomson as well, to
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Beginning in 1934 and continuing into the 1940s, the American Book Company published a 23-volume
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in 1967 and existed as a division of Litton Educational Publishing, Inc. until being sold to the
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John Lothrop Motley: Representative Selections, with Introduction, Bibliography, and Notes
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Benjamin Franklin: Representative Selections, with Introduction, Bibliography, and Notes
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Francis Parkman: Representative Selections, with Introduction, Bibliography, and Notes
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in 1981. The company was absorbed into D. C. Heath and ceased to exist as an
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by Wilbur L. Schramm, Assistant Professor of English, University of Iowa".
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American Book Company was formed in 1890 by the consolidation of
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The volume on Benjamin Franklin drew a warm tribute from
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American Book Company, letter envelope 25 September 1916
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Defunct book publishing companies of the United States
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in 1981. Thomson then sold its American Book Company
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Educational publishing companies of the United States
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American Book Company (1996)
American Book Company publisher's mark
Van Antwerp, Bragg and Co.
A.S. Barnes & Co.
D. Appleton and Co.
Ivison, Blakeman and Co.
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Van Antwerp, Bragg and Co.
A.S. Barnes & Co.
D. Appleton and Co.
Ivison, Blakeman and Co.
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