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Gollancz is a major British book publishing house of the twentieth century. It was founded in 1927 by Victor Gollancz (1893 - 1967) and specialised in the publication of high quality literature and popular fiction, including science fiction. It was first to publish many famous authors and their books including
Many of Gollancz's books were published in one of their familiar house dust jackets, of which the most famous was bright yellow, with the title and author rendered in a vibrant, bold typography.
In 1989 Victor Gollancz Ltd was sold by Gollancz's daughter and the other shareholders to Houghton Mifflin then to Cassell, and finally to Orion Publishing.
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