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American Book Company
Known for classroom staples like the McGuffey Readers, this major American textbook publisher helped shape what generations of students read in school. Formed through a late-19th-century consolidation, it became a lasting presence in U.S. educational publishing.
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Complete Classified Price List of School & College Textbooks. January 1915
by American Book Company
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American Book Company was an educational publisher in the United States, best known for producing textbooks for elementary, secondary, and college classrooms. It is especially associated with the McGuffey Readers, one of the most widely used schoolbook series in American history.
The company was formed in 1890 through the consolidation of several publishing houses, including A.S. Barnes and Company, D. Appleton and Company, Ivison, Blakeman and Company, and Van Antwerp, Bragg and Company. Over the decades, it built a strong place in the schoolbook market and published titles across a wide range of subjects.
Rather than being remembered for a single authorial voice, American Book Company stands out as a publishing institution that helped define the look and content of American education for many years.