Eschewing radical politics after 1929, the Vanguard Press operated as a respected independent literary house for 62 years.
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16 Facts About Vanguard Press
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Vanguard Press emulated the Little Leather Library, the first company to mass-market inexpensive books in the United States, and the Little Blue Books of Emanuel Haldeman-Julius.
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Vanguard Press raised its prices over time but still remained an economical source of hardcover books.
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In 1927 Vanguard published a collection of H G Wells's writings, edited by Harry W Laidler.
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Vanguard Press maintained its offices on Fifth Avenue in New York City, initially occupying space at 80 Fifth Avenue before moving to 100 Fifth Avenue in 1928.
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Vanguard Press was under investigation by the House Un-American Activities Committee on the ground that in the twenties and thirties it had published some books by Communist and left-wing writers.
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Vanguard Press earned a reputation for publishing promising new fiction, poetry, literature for children and young adults, and non-fiction.
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Vanguard Press published the first two books of Dr Seuss and Saul Bellow, and the first books of Nelson Algren, Calder Willingham and Marshall McLuhan.
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Vanguard Press published Pierre Boulle's The Bridge over the River Kwai and Planet of the Apes .
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Vanguard Press's was one of the first women to head a book publishing company.
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Vanguard Press's told The New York Times that the sale of the 62-year-old independent publishing house was prompted by the poor health of some of Vanguard's investors.
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The valuable 500-title backlist of the Vanguard Press was merged into that of Random House, although for 10 years they were to be identified on the title page as Vanguard Press books.
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An unrelated imprint, Vanguard Productions, was founded by J David Spurlock in 1991.
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Vanguard Press has been critically acclaimed for their art books and graphic novels.
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