Knowledge

Fantasy Publishing Company, Inc.

Source 📝

162:
served as a partner for the company and many of the books published by FPCI were from authors Ackerman represented as agent. Undercapitalization was a major problem with FPCI and many of the books had a cheap look. FPCI reprinted a number of novels by
182:
During this period, Crawford also used the Griffin Publishing Company to publish books which were not science fiction or fantasy. Two additional books were published by Crawford in 1978, but a publisher was not cited.
144:
In 1936, Crawford initiated his second company, Visionary Publishing Company, with the intention of publishing books with this imprint. Visionary is notable for publishing the only hardcover book by
155:
from Conrad H. Ruppert and ceased all book publications in order to concentrate on the magazine. After relocating to California, Crawford again published books as "A Crawford Publication".
832: 959: 797: 802: 974: 949: 694: 979: 761: 954: 718: 263: 17: 964: 897: 910: 969: 294: 132: 622: 370: 306: 193: 442: 634: 228: 120:
specialty publishing company established in 1946. It was the fourth small press company founded by
358: 892: 650: 275: 785: 678: 526: 902: 627: 128: 883:. Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd. pp. 243–245, 267–274, 704–707, 823. 920: 778: 730: 466: 454: 394: 245: 8: 790: 773: 766: 706: 671: 615: 610: 514: 507: 490: 483: 430: 327: 268: 249: 240: 159: 121: 59: 825: 699: 667: 598: 531: 519: 495: 478: 351: 202: 168: 928: 906: 742: 591: 550: 363: 334: 280: 214: 735: 543: 322: 172: 876: 854: 820: 687: 418: 411: 233: 198: 145: 114: 98: 158:
Finally, he incorporated as Fantasy Publishing Company, Inc. in December 1946.
809:(1956) (The second edition with the Wehman Bros. is the first Griffin edition.) 806: 683: 655: 643: 579: 574: 502: 447: 435: 406: 387: 382: 339: 311: 176: 127:
Crawford's first company was Fantasy Publications which he started in 1935 in
943: 586: 562: 346: 315: 299: 209: 932: 747: 662: 639: 538: 471: 459: 423: 813: 723: 711: 555: 399: 117: 888: 603: 567: 375: 164: 881:
The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998
859:
The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998
221: 861:. Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd. p. 705. 754: 151:
Later in 1936, Crawford assumed management of publication of
92: 256: 141:. However, three books were published under the imprint. 833:
Index to Fantasy and Science Fiction in Munsey Publications
186: 925:
Over My Shoulder: Reflections on a Science Fiction Era
814:
Books published by William L. Crawford without imprint
131:, Pennsylvania, primarily to publish his magazines 887: 875: 853: 941: 927:. Philadelphia: Oswald Train. pp. 251–264. 179:. FPCI continued publishing books until 1972. 960:Book publishing companies based in Pennsylvania 222:Books published by Visionary Publishing Company 755:Books published by Griffin Publishing Company 762:Griffin Science-Fantasy Booklet Number One 287: 148:that was published during his lifetime. 257:Books published as A Crawford Publication 975:Publishing companies established in 1946 950:American speculative fiction publishers 919: 187:Books published by Fantasy Publications 14: 942: 113:, was an American science fiction and 719:Stardrift and Other Fantastic Flotsam 264:The Garden of Fear and Other Stories 980:1946 establishments in Pennsylvania 898:The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction 24: 244:, by Peter Reynolds, pseudonym of 25: 991: 955:Small press publishing companies 107:Fantasy Publishing Company, Inc. 33:Fantasy Publishing Company, Inc. 623:Max Brand: The Man and His Work 371:The Cosmic Geoids and One Other 194:Men of Avalon / The White Sybil 847: 13: 1: 869: 29:Defunct American small press 7: 71:; 52 years ago 43:; 78 years ago 10: 996: 965:Science fiction publishers 905:. pp. 272, 411–412. 635:Science-Fantasy Quintette 229:The Shadow Over Innsmouth 91: 83: 65: 55: 37: 840: 359:The Works of M. P. Shiel 970:Fantasy book publishers 651:From Death to the Stars 288:Books published by FPCI 879:; Mark Owings (1998). 857:; Mark Owings (1998). 798:The Hypnotism Handbook 786:The Machine God Laughs 527:The Undesired Princess 921:Eshbach, Lloyd Arthur 628:Darrell C. Richardson 903:St. Martin's Griffin 803:Charles Edward Cooke 731:Atlantean Chronicles 455:The Stellar Missiles 395:Planets of Adventure 246:Amelia Reynolds Long 18:Fantasy Publications 791:William L. Crawford 774:People of the Comet 767:William L. Crawford 707:Science and Sorcery 672:Stanley G. Weinbaum 616:Stanton A. Coblentz 611:The Planet of Youth 515:The Hidden Universe 508:Stanley G. Weinbaum 491:The Omnibus of Time 484:Stanton A. Coblentz 328:Stanton A. Coblentz 269:William L. Crawford 250:William L. Crawford 241:Behind the Evidence 160:Forrest J. Ackerman 122:William L. Crawford 60:William L. Crawford 34: 826:Garrett P. Serviss 700:Ralph Milne Farley 668:L. Sprague de Camp 532:L. Sprague de Camp 520:Ralph Milne Farley 496:Ralph Milne Farley 479:After 12,000 Years 352:Ralph Milne Farley 307:Out of the Unknown 203:Clark Ashton Smith 169:Ralph Milne Farley 32: 743:Garan the Eternal 592:John Martin Leahy 551:Doorways to Space 364:A. Reynolds Morse 281:Clifford D. Simak 215:Eugene George Key 104: 103: 97:Science fiction, 84:Country of origin 16:(Redirected from 987: 936: 916: 884: 877:Chalker, Jack L. 863: 862: 855:Chalker, Jack L. 851: 736:Henry M. Eichner 544:Raymond F. Jones 443:Worlds of Wonder 323:The Sunken World 295:The Night People 173:Stanton Coblentz 153:Fantasy Magazine 79: 77: 72: 51: 49: 44: 35: 31: 21: 995: 994: 990: 989: 988: 986: 985: 984: 940: 939: 913: 872: 867: 866: 852: 848: 843: 821:The Moon Maiden 816: 757: 688:Murray Leinster 419:The Radium Pool 412:Murray Leinster 290: 259: 234:H. P. Lovecraft 224: 199:David H. Keller 189: 146:H. P. Lovecraft 138:Unusual Stories 75: 73: 70: 47: 45: 42: 30: 23: 22: 15: 12: 11: 5: 993: 983: 982: 977: 972: 967: 962: 957: 952: 938: 937: 917: 911: 893:Peter Nicholls 885: 871: 868: 865: 864: 845: 844: 842: 839: 838: 837: 829: 815: 812: 811: 810: 807:A. E. van Vogt 794: 782: 770: 756: 753: 752: 751: 739: 727: 715: 703: 695:Strange Worlds 691: 684:Olaf Stapledon 675: 659: 656:L. Ron Hubbard 647: 644:L. Ron Hubbard 631: 619: 607: 595: 583: 580:Cornel Lengyel 575:The Atom Clock 571: 559: 547: 535: 523: 511: 503:The Dark Other 499: 487: 475: 463: 451: 448:Olaf Stapledon 439: 436:L. Ron Hubbard 427: 415: 407:Murder Madness 403: 391: 388:L. Ron Hubbard 383:The Kingslayer 379: 367: 355: 343: 340:L. Ron Hubbard 335:Death's Deputy 331: 319: 312:A. E. van Vogt 303: 289: 286: 285: 284: 272: 258: 255: 254: 253: 237: 223: 220: 219: 218: 206: 188: 185: 177:L. Ron Hubbard 102: 101: 95: 93:Fiction genres 89: 88: 85: 81: 80: 67: 63: 62: 57: 53: 52: 39: 28: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 992: 981: 978: 976: 973: 971: 968: 966: 963: 961: 958: 956: 953: 951: 948: 947: 945: 934: 930: 926: 922: 918: 914: 912:0-312-13486-X 908: 904: 900: 899: 894: 890: 886: 882: 878: 874: 873: 860: 856: 850: 846: 835: 834: 830: 827: 823: 822: 818: 817: 808: 804: 800: 799: 795: 792: 788: 787: 783: 780: 776: 775: 771: 768: 764: 763: 759: 758: 749: 745: 744: 740: 737: 733: 732: 728: 725: 721: 720: 716: 713: 709: 708: 704: 701: 697: 696: 692: 689: 685: 681: 680: 676: 673: 669: 665: 664: 660: 657: 653: 652: 648: 645: 641: 637: 636: 632: 629: 625: 624: 620: 617: 613: 612: 608: 605: 601: 600: 596: 593: 589: 588: 584: 581: 577: 576: 572: 569: 565: 564: 563:The Iron Star 560: 557: 553: 552: 548: 545: 541: 540: 536: 533: 529: 528: 524: 521: 517: 516: 512: 509: 505: 504: 500: 497: 493: 492: 488: 485: 481: 480: 476: 473: 469: 468: 464: 461: 457: 456: 452: 449: 445: 444: 440: 437: 433: 432: 428: 425: 421: 420: 416: 413: 409: 408: 404: 401: 397: 396: 392: 389: 385: 384: 380: 377: 373: 372: 368: 365: 361: 360: 356: 353: 349: 348: 347:The Radio Man 344: 341: 337: 336: 332: 329: 325: 324: 320: 317: 316:E. Mayne Hull 313: 309: 308: 304: 301: 300:Francis Flagg 297: 296: 292: 291: 282: 278: 277: 273: 270: 266: 265: 261: 260: 251: 247: 243: 242: 238: 235: 231: 230: 226: 225: 216: 212: 211: 210:Mars Mountain 207: 204: 200: 196: 195: 191: 190: 184: 180: 178: 174: 170: 166: 161: 156: 154: 149: 147: 142: 140: 139: 135: 130: 125: 123: 119: 116: 112: 108: 100: 96: 94: 90: 87:United States 86: 82: 68: 64: 61: 58: 54: 40: 36: 27: 19: 924: 901:. New York: 896: 880: 858: 849: 831: 819: 796: 789:, edited by 784: 772: 765:, edited by 760: 748:Andre Norton 741: 729: 717: 710:, edited by 705: 693: 677: 663:Fantasy Twin 661: 649: 640:Ed Earl Repp 633: 621: 609: 597: 585: 573: 561: 549: 539:The Toymaker 537: 525: 513: 501: 489: 477: 472:Jay Franklin 467:The Rat Race 465: 460:Ed Earl Repp 453: 441: 429: 424:Ed Earl Repp 417: 405: 393: 381: 369: 357: 345: 333: 321: 305: 293: 274: 267:, edited by 262: 239: 227: 208: 192: 181: 157: 152: 150: 143: 137: 134:Marvel Tales 133: 126: 110: 106: 105: 26: 889:Clute, John 779:Austin Hall 724:Emil Petaja 712:Garret Ford 556:Basil Wells 400:Basil Wells 276:The Creator 118:small press 944:Categories 870:References 604:John Taine 599:Green Fire 568:John Taine 376:John Taine 165:John Taine 679:Quadratic 933:10489084 923:(1983). 895:(1995). 129:Everett 115:fantasy 99:fantasy 74: ( 66:Defunct 56:Founder 46: ( 38:Founded 931:  909:  836:(1978) 828:(1978) 793:(1949) 781:(1948) 769:(1947) 750:(1972) 738:(1971) 726:(1971) 714:(1953) 702:(1953) 690:(1953) 674:(1953) 658:(1953) 646:(1953) 630:(1952) 618:(1952) 606:(1952) 594:(1952) 582:(1951) 570:(1951) 558:(1951) 546:(1951) 534:(1951) 522:(1950) 510:(1950) 498:(1950) 486:(1950) 474:(1950) 462:(1949) 450:(1949) 438:(1949) 431:Triton 426:(1949) 414:(1949) 402:(1949) 390:(1949) 378:(1949) 366:(1948) 354:(1948) 342:(1948) 330:(1948) 318:(1948) 302:(1947) 283:(1946) 271:(1945) 252:(1936) 236:(1936) 217:(1935) 205:(1935) 841:Notes 824:, by 801:, by 777:, by 746:, by 734:, by 722:, by 698:, by 682:, by 666:, by 654:, by 638:, by 626:, by 614:, by 602:, by 590:, by 587:Drome 578:, by 566:, by 554:, by 542:, by 530:, by 518:, by 506:, by 494:, by 482:, by 470:, by 458:, by 446:, by 434:, by 422:, by 410:, by 398:, by 386:, by 374:, by 362:, by 350:, by 338:, by 326:, by 310:, by 298:, by 279:, by 232:, by 213:, by 201:and 197:, by 109:, or 929:OCLC 907:ISBN 805:and 686:and 670:and 642:and 314:and 248:and 175:and 136:and 124:. 111:FPCI 76:1972 69:1972 48:1946 41:1946 946:: 891:; 171:, 167:, 935:. 915:. 78:) 50:) 20:)

Index

Fantasy Publications
William L. Crawford
Fiction genres
fantasy
fantasy
small press
William L. Crawford
Everett
Marvel Tales and Unusual Stories
H. P. Lovecraft
Forrest J. Ackerman
John Taine
Ralph Milne Farley
Stanton Coblentz
L. Ron Hubbard
Men of Avalon / The White Sybil
David H. Keller
Clark Ashton Smith
Mars Mountain
Eugene George Key
The Shadow Over Innsmouth
H. P. Lovecraft
Behind the Evidence
Amelia Reynolds Long
William L. Crawford
The Garden of Fear and Other Stories
William L. Crawford
The Creator
Clifford D. Simak
The Night People

Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.