Stanley Paul Explained

Stanley Paul are a firm of publishers founded in London in 1906.

The original firm published mainly "cheap editions of thrillers and romances, and some light non-fiction"^[1] and traded until 1927 when it went in liquidation. In 1928 the imprint was resurrected as a subsidiary of Hutchinson and Company, when it became known as publishers of sports books.^[2]

The firm became part of London Weekend Television in 1979, Century Hutchinson from 1985, and Random Century from 1989.^[3]

Book series

• The A.B.C. Series
• The Arsenal Football Books
• The Chelsea Football Books
• Christy Juvenile Fiction Series
• Cole's Fun Doctor
• Companion Series
• The Craftman's Art
• The Essex Library^[4]
• The Everyday Series
• The Fantômas Detective Novels
• Go and Play
• Hobbies for All
• The International Library^[5]
• Joy of Life Novels
• The Knorr Family of Apron-Pocket Books
• Lotus Library
• New Believe It or Not!
• The New Novel Library
• Playing for Celtic
• Practical Hints Series
• The Rogue's Library
• Sell at Sight Novels
• Stanley Paul's Empire Library^[6]
• Stanley Paul's New Series of Readable Fiction
• Stanley Paul's Shilling Series
• Stanley Paul's 3/6 Net Novels
• The Tackle Series
• Tackle Sport This Way
• Taurus Library of Sport
• The Tottenham Hotspur Football Books
• Treasure Library
• The Vade-Mecum Series
• The Wisden Papers
• Wonderful Rewards
• Worldbeaters

Notes and References

1. http://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A37360 Stanley Paul.
2. Book: Eliot, Simon & Jonathan Rose.. A Companion to the History of the Book. 2009. John Wiley & Sons. Chichester. 978-1-4051-9278-1. 343.
3. http://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A37360 Stanley Paul.
4. https://seriesofseries.com/essex-library-stanley-paul/ Essex Library (Stanley Paul)
5. https://seriesofseries.com/international-library/ International Library
6. "Books Received", The Times of India, 22 Oct 1919, p. 11.