American Book Company

URI(s)

• http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n89631384

Variants

• ABC

Identifies LC/NAF RWO

• http://id.loc.gov/rwo/agents/n89631384

Identifies RWO

• https://d-nb.info/gnd/1079531661
• https://isni.org/isni/0000000098899907

• Descriptor

  Business enterprises

• Associated Locale

  United States

• Associated Language

  English

• Field of Activity

  Publishers and publishing

Additional Related Forms

• D.C. Heath and Company
• Van Antwerp, Bragg & Company

Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes

• http://viaf.org/viaf/sourceID/LC%7Cn++89631384#skos:Concept

Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes

• American Book Company
• American Book Company Label from public data source Wikidata

Sources

• found: nuc89-55836: King, D.C. Environments, 1979(heading on NNU rept.: American Book Company; usage: American Book Company)
• found: Wikipedia website, viewed May 20, 2020:American Book Company (the American Book Company (ABC) was an educational book publisher in the United States that specialized in elementary school, secondary school and collegiate-level textbooks; it is best known for publishing the McGuffey Readers, which sold 120 million copies between 1836 and 1960; it was formed in 1890 by the consolidation of several companies including Van Antwerp, Bragg and Co.; the company was absorbed into D.C. Heath and Company in 1981 and ceased to exist as an imprint) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Book_Company_(1890)

Instance Of

• MADS/RDF CorporateName
• MADS/RDF Authority
• SKOS Concept

Scheme Membership(s)

• Library of Congress Name Authority File

Collection Membership(s)

• Names Collection - Authorized Headings
• LC Names Collection - General Collection

Change Notes

• 1989-05-25: new
• 2020-05-22: revised

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