What is A & C Black?
[[File:Frontispiece 1863 Woodstock-whole.png|thumb|Adam and Charles Black's 1863 edition of ''Woodstock'', by [[Walter Scott]] (first publ. 1826)]] '''A & C Black''' is a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[book]] [[publishing]] [[company]]. The company was founded in 1807 by [[Adam Black|Adam]] and [[Charles Black (publisher)|Charles Black]] in [[Edinburgh]]. It moved to the [[Soho]] district of [[London]] in 1889. In 1851, the company bought the [[copyright]] of [[Walter Scott]]'s [[Waverley Novels]] for [[Pound sterling|£]]27,000. In 1902, it published [[P. G. Wodehouse]]'s first book, ''[[The Pothunters]]''. People know the company best for being the publisher of the ''[[Who's Who (UK)|Who's Who]]'', printed every year since 1897 and also, since 2002, the [[Whitaker's Almanack]]. A & C Black bought both [[Christopher Helm Publishers]] and later the [[Pica Press]], which are publishers of the [[Helm Identification Guides]], written by [[Christopher Helm]]. The company is now part of [[Bloomsbury Publishing Plc]]. == Other websites == * [http://www.acblack.com/aboutus.asp?mscssid=G0W21CA2GX178GM6U4GPAUXJP4GEF73F ACBlack.com corporate history] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090329073834/http://www.acblack.com/aboutus.asp?mscssid=G0W21CA2GX178GM6U4GPAUXJP4GEF73F |date=2009-03-29 }} * [http://www.bloomsbury-ir.co.uk/html/about/a_structure.html Bloomsbury Publishing corporate structure] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011055736/http://www.bloomsbury-ir.co.uk/html/about/a_structure.html |date=2007-10-11 }} * [http://www.whitakersalmanack.com/whitakers.asp?page=home.asp Whitaker's Almanack] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051130234134/http://www.whitakersalmanack.com/whitakers.asp?page=home.asp |date=2005-11-30 }} {{UK-stub}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:A and C Black}} [[Category:Publishing companies of the United Kingdom]] [[Category:Book publishing companies]] [[Category:1807 establishments]] [[Category:1800s establishments in the United Kingdom]]