 Ticknor and Fields colophon, c. 1867 | |
| Status | Defunct |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1832 |
| Founder | William Davis Ticknor and John Allen |
| Successor | Houghton Mifflin |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Headquarters location | Boston |
| Key people | James T. Fields, James R. Osgood |
| Publication types | Books, Magazines |
Ticknor and Fields was an American publishing company based in Boston, Massachusetts. Founded as a bookstore in 1832, the business published many 19th-century American authors, including Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Henry James, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Henry David Thoreau, and Mark Twain. It also became an early publisher of The Atlantic Monthly and North American Review.
The firm was named after founder William Davis Ticknor and apprentice James T. Fields, although the names of additional business partners would come and go, notably that of James R. Osgood in the firm's later years. Financial problems led Osgood to merge the company with the publishing firm of Henry Oscar Houghton in 1878, forming a precursor to the modern publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
Houghton Mifflin revived the Ticknor and Fields name as an imprint from 1979 to 1989.