Barrie & Jenkins

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'''Barrie & Jenkins''' was a small British publishing house that was formed in 1964 from the merger of the companies Herbert Jenkins (founded by English writer [[Herbert George Jenkins]]) and Barrie & Rockliff (whose managing director was Leopold Ullstein and whose editorial staff included John Bunting and John Pattison).<ref>Christopher Hurst, [https://books.google.com/books?id=rU0_ayVodaoC&dq=%22leopold+ullstein%22+barrie+books+john+bunting&pg=PA248 ''The View from King Street: An Essay in Autobiography''], London: Thalia Press, 1997, p. 248.</ref> Barrie & Rockcliff was itself the result of the merger in the 1950s of James Barrie Books, founded in 1947 by James Barrie<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160227075010/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1366793/James-Barrie.html "James Barrie"], ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'', 17 May 2000. Retrieved 21 May 2019.</ref> whose great-uncle and godfather had been the playwright [[J. M. Barrie]], and of the Rockliff Publishing Corporation, which was "known for its theatre list".<ref name="guardian">[[Ion Trewin]], [https://www.theguardian.com/news/2000/jul/24/guardianobituaries.books "Obituary: James Barrie"], ''[[The Guardian]]'', 24 July 2000. Retrieved 21 May 2019.</ref>

One of the most notable authors of Barrie & Jenkins was [[P. G. Wodehouse]], whose titles came from the Herbert Jenkins portfolio of writers <ref>{{cite web |title=Tail Piece: A Profession for Gentlemen |last=Leventhal |first=Lionel |author-link=Lionel Leventhal |url=http://fm.greenhillbooks.com/greenhill/gbn/105/tail_piece.html |access-date=2007-09-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928123323/http://fm.greenhillbooks.com/greenhill/gbn/105/tail_piece.html |archive-date=28 September 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref> which in the 1920s included authors such as [[Margaret Wolfe Hungerford | Mrs Hungerford]], [[Ada Ellen Bayly | Edna Lyall]], [[Willie Riley | W. Riley]] and [[Winifred Boggs]]. The '''Barrie Group''' eventually comprised Barrie & Rockliff, the [[Cresset Press]], Herbert Jenkins, and Hammond & Hammond.<ref name="guardian" />

Barrie & Jenkins had a short commercial history and was taken over by [[Hutchinson (publisher)|Hutchinson]], which was itself taken over by [[Century (imprint)|Century]] and then by [[Random House]] (now owned by [[Bertelsmann]]).

Barrie & Jenkins continues to exist as a specialist imprint mainly for hardback editions within the Random House stable.

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==External links== *{{cite web |title=Tail Piece: A Profession for Gentlemen |last=Leventhal |first=Lionel |author-link=Lionel Leventhal |url=http://fm.greenhillbooks.com/greenhill/gbn/105/tail_piece.html |access-date=2007-09-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928123323/http://fm.greenhillbooks.com/greenhill/gbn/105/tail_piece.html |archive-date=28 September 2007 |url-status=dead}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20120313190448/http://isbndb.com/d/publisher/barrie_and_jenkins.html List of books] published by Barrie & Jenkins

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