American Book Company (1890)

This article is about the American Book Company established in 1890. For the American Book Company established in 1996, see American Book Company (1996).
American Book Company
American Book Company publisher's mark
StatusDefunct
Founded1890
FounderVan Antwerp, Bragg and Co., A.S. Barnes & Co., D. Appleton and Co., and Ivison, Blakeman and Co.
Defunct1981 Edit this on Wikidata
SuccessorD. C. Heath and Company
Country of originUnited States
Publication typesbooks

The American Book Company (ABC) was an educational book publisher in the United States that specialized in elementary school, secondary school and collegiate-level textbooks. It is best known for publishing the McGuffey Readers, which sold 120 million copies between 1836 and 1960.[1]

  1. ^ "McGuffey Readers World". The Paradigm Company. Retrieved 2008-04-17.