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was founded as the United States subsidiary of Brassey's. While still mostly known for titles on military history, over time Brassey's, Inc. began publishing works on several other topics including American history and sports history.
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is variously the name of a publisher, an imprint, or a published series of volumes, all mostly associated with military topics, that was in existence in one form or another from 1886 to around 2005.
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By the late 1970s, Brassey's Publishers Ltd was more often credited as a publisher itself. A 1979 announcement in the bids and deals section of
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In 2005, all Chrysalis imprints, including Brassey's, were sold to a new firm composed of the imprints' managers, that firm being named
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After that, the Brassey's name seems to have faded away as an imprint or a name published under.
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Similarly to the UK branch, after this point the Brassey's name seems to have become unused.
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labelled Brassey's as "said to be the oldest established name in defence publishing".
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In 1980, Brassey's Publishers was acquired by British media mogul
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in London. It also put out books with related themes, such as
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Stone & Stone entry on Brassey's Military Books (UK)
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as existing since 1920. But the actual printing of the
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The year 1999 saw Brassey's, Inc. being acquired by
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The London Book Fair. Archived from 379: 276: 380:Pagano, Margareta (5 December 1985). 252: 216: 117:. But in 1999 Batsford went into 338:Stanhope, Henry (16 November 1978). 102:By the 1990s, the firm was known as 505:Speelman, Jon (27 September 1999). 79:, it was a subsidiary of Maxwell's 13: 220:"Brassey's Annual 1886–1986" 16:Producer of military-related books 14: 692: 649: 507:"Chess [Foreign Edition]" 478:Leapman, Michael (30 July 1999). 402:Clifford, Helen (26 March 2013). 253:Signy, Larry (27 February 1987). 382:"Maxwell seen as 'Green Knight'" 324:Newcastle Journal and North Mail 77:Brassey's Defence Publishers Ltd 38:Thomas Brassey, 1st Earl Brassey 525: 498: 471: 459:. 19 October 1998. p. 14. 414: 277:Lycett, Andrew (11 July 1990). 480:"B T Batsford in Receivership" 373: 330: 311: 289: 255:"Book Firm Scores Its Century" 1: 200: 363:"Bids & Deals: Pergamon" 195:University of Nebraska Press 7: 423:"Another Look at Logistics" 421:Ramsey, Russell W. 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Index

Brassey's Naval Annual
Thomas Brassey, 1st Earl Brassey
Civil Lord of the Admiralty
Companies House
William Clowes Ltd.
The Guardian
Robert Maxwell
Pergamon Press
International Institute for Strategic Studies
military towns
Batsford Communications PLC
receivership
Chrysalis Group
Chrysalis Books
Chrysalis Books Group
Conway Maritime Press
Anova Books Company
Books International
Potomac Books
HarperCollins
University of Nebraska Press


"Brassey's Annual 1886–1986"
doi
10.1080/07430178608405260


"Book Firm Scores Its Century"

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