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The company that became encyclopedia publisher Grolier Incorporated was founded by Walter M. Jackson (1863–1923) as the Grolier Society. [3] [4] Jackson had been the partner of Horace Everett Hooper in publishing the 10th edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica and in developing its 11th edition.
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The Grolier Book Shop was founded in September 1927 by Adrian Gambet and Gordon Cairnie. The subsequent owner, Louisa Solano purchased and took over its operation in 1974 after Cairnie's death. The poet-bookseller Arthur Freeman negotiated the sale. In 1990, the Grolier Book Shop became the Grolier Poetry Book Shop, Inc. for tax reasons.
In 1966 it was replaced by the New Book of Knowledge. [1] The number of volumes fluctuated. It was originally a 24 volume set, but other print runs had 10, 12 or 20.; [2] 1919 was a 20 volume set as shown in the image above, as was 1951. [3] From 1949 Grolier also issued a Book of Knowledge Annual. [4]
It has also been published under the names Grolier Academic Encyclopedia, Grolier International Encyclopedia, Lexicon Universal Encyclopedia, Macmillan Family Encyclopedia, Barnes & Noble New American Encyclopedia, and Global International Encyclopedia. [1] An abridged version was known as the Grolier Encyclopedia of Knowledge. [1]
The encyclopedia was a successor to the Book of Knowledge, published from 1912 to 1965.This was a topically arranged encyclopedia described as an "entirely new work" under the editorial direction of Martha G. Schapp, head of overall encyclopedia direction at Grolier, and the specific direction of Dr. Lowell A. Martin.
In 2022 the Rare Book School was featured in the exhibit, "Building the Book from the Ancient World to the Present Day: Five Decades of Rare Book School & the Book Arts Press." [11] The exhibit covered two millennia of the changing form of the book. The Grolier Club is a member of the Fellowship of American Bibliophilic Societies. [12]