Pickering & Chatto Publishers

Pickering & Chatto Publishers
Founded 1820
Founder William Pickering
Country of origin United Kingdom
Headquarters location Bloomsbury, London
Publication types Academic monographs, critical editions, thematic source collections
Nonfiction topics Humanities and social sciences

Pickering & Chatto is an academic book publisher based in Bloomsbury, London, United Kingdom.[1] It publishes in the humanities and social sciences, specializing in monographs, critical editions (works, diaries, correspondence) and thematic source collections.[2] The publisher's academic monographs have an international reputation and its critical editions and source collections are critically acclaimed.[3][4][5][6] Pickering & Chatto is regarded as "the pre-eminent publisher of critical editions in the humanities and social sciences".[7][8]

History

The origins of the company can be traced back to William Pickering (1796–1854) who set up as an antiquarian bookseller and publisher in 1820. After William Pickering’s death, the business was carried on by his son, Basil Montagu Pickering.[9] On his death, in 1878, it was purchased by Andrew Chatto (1841–1913), one of the founding partners of Chatto and Windus.[10][11] By the early twentieth century Pickering & Chatto was solely concerned with antiquarian book selling.[12][13] Lord William Rees-Mogg bought Pickering & Chatto in 1981.[14][15] In 1983 he re-established Pickering & Chatto (Publishers) Limited as an independent publishing house, serving as chairman and proprietor.[16][17] In 1993 the antiquarian bookselling business became an entirely separate enterprise and there is now no connection between the two companies.[18] Pickering & Chatto was acquired by Taylor & Francis in March, 2015.[19]

References

  1. "Pickering & Chatto Publishers". Publishersglobal.com. Retrieved 2013-05-09.
  2. "Rivals attack OUP and CUP". thebookseller.com. 2008-04-24. Retrieved 2014-03-14.
  3. "Las metáforas musicales del poser". docenotas.com. Retrieved 2014-03-14.
  4. "Pickering & Chatto Women's Studies Collection". academicrightspress.com. Retrieved 2014-03-11.
  5. "Works of Daniel Defoe. Pickering & Chatto Edition.". nlx.com. Retrieved 2014-11-03.
  6. "Cambridge University Press announces new partner for digital publishing platform". Cambridge University Press (cambridge.org). Retrieved 2015-05-01.
  7. "Romanticism Redefined: Pickering & Chatto and The Wordsworth Circle". alexanderstreet.com. Retrieved 2014-11-03.
  8. "The Romantic Era Redefined". The British Association for Romantic Studies (bars.ac.uk). Retrieved 2014-03-14.
  9. "Pickering, William (1796–1854)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008. Retrieved 2014-03-14.
  10. "Chatto & Windus". The Open University. Retrieved 2013-05-09.
  11. "Chatto & Windus". Randomhouse.co.uk. Retrieved 2014-11-14.
  12. "Chatto, Andrew (1840–1913)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2009. Retrieved 2014-05-09.
  13. "William Rees-Mogg, Ex-Editor of The Times of London, Dies at 84". nytimes.com. 2013-01-04. Retrieved 2014-03-14.
  14. "Lord Rees-Mogg obituary". Guardian.co.uk. 2012-12-29. Retrieved 2013-05-09.
  15. "Lord Rees-Mogg". telegraph.co.uk. 2012-12-30. Retrieved 2014-03-14.
  16. Baker, William; Lucas, Helen; Treharne, Elaine (30 December 2006). The English Association: One Hundred Years on. Leicester: English Association. p. 50. ISBN 9780900232251. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
  17. "William Rees-Mogg". telegraph.co.uk. 2010-12-29. Retrieved 2014-03-14.
  18. "Pickering & Chatto Antiquarian Booksellers". Retrieved 2013-05-09.
  19. "Bertoli Mitchell arranges the sale of Pickering and Chatto to Taylor & Francis". bertolimitchell.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-05-01.