LC control no. | n 84220390 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Corporate name heading | Avon Books |
Variant(s) | Avon (Firm) Hearst Corporation. Avon Books Avon Publications, Inc. Avon Comics |
Beginning date | 1941 |
Located | New York (N.Y.) |
Affiliation | American News Company Hearst Corporation HarperCollins (Firm) |
Found in | Bad news, c1984: t.p. (Avon [in logo]) t.p. verso (Avon Books) I am Cain, c1994: t.p. (Avon Books) t.p. verso (a division of the Hearst Corp.) Himes, Chester B. The real cool killers, 1959: title page (Avon Publications, Inc., 55 Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y.) Wikipedia, viewed Feb. 5, 2019 (Avon (publisher); Avon Publications was an American paperback book and comic book publisher; as of 2010, it is an imprint of HarperCollins, publishing primarily romance novels; Avon Books was founded in 1941 by the American News Company (ANC); Avon was bought by the Hearst Corporation in 1959; in 1999, the News Corporation bought out Hearst's book division; Avon's hardcover and non-romance paperback lines were moved to sister company Morrow, leaving Avon as solely a romance publisher) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avon_(publisher)> |