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Victor Gollancz Ltd was a major British book publishing house of the twentieth century. It was founded in 1927 by Victor Gollancz (1893–1967) and specialised in the publication of high quality literature, nonfiction and popular fiction, including science fiction. Upon Gollancz's death in 1967, ownership passed to his daughter, Livia, who sold it to Houghton Mifflin in 1989. Three years later, in October 1992, Houghton Mifflin sold Gollancz to the publishing house Cassell & Co. Cassell and Orion Publishing Group were acquired by Hachette in 1996,〔https://www.hachette.com.au/Information/CompanyHistory.page〕 and in December 1998 the merged Orion/Cassell group turned Gollancz into its science fiction/fantasy imprint. ==Origins as a political house== Gollancz was left-inclined in politics and a supporter of socialist movements. This is reflected in some of the books he published. Victor Gollancz commissioned George Orwell to write about the urban working class in the North of England; the result was ''The Road to Wigan Pier''. His break with Orwell came when he declined to publish Orwell's account of the Spanish Civil War, ''Homage to Catalonia'', the pair having drifted apart on political grounds. He did publish ''The Red Army Moves'' by Geoffrey Cox on the Winter War, which was critical of the Soviet attack on Finland, but also foresaw that the Red Army would defeat the Germans. He also published works by German exiles, such as Hilde Meisel. Gollancz was the original publisher of a number of famous authors and their books including: *George Orwell with ''Down and Out in Paris and London'' in 1933 *Alfred Ayer with ''Language, Truth and Logic'' in 1936 *A. J. Cronin with ''The Citadel'' in 1937 *Daphne du Maurier with ''Rebecca'' in 1938 *Kingsley Amis with ''Lucky Jim'' in 1953 *Colin Wilson with ''The Outsider'' in 1956 *E. P. Thompson with ''The Making of the English Working Class'' in 1963 *Anthony Price with ''The Labyrinth Makers'' in 1971. Many of Gollancz's books were published in one of their familiar house dust jackets, of which the most famous was bright yellow, with the title and author rendered in a vibrant, bold typography. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Victor Gollancz Ltd」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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