Avalon Books
Status | Defunct |
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Founded | 1950 |
Successor | Amazon Publishing |
Country of origin | United States |
Headquarters location | New York |
Official website | avalonbooks.com (archived) |
Avalon Books (originally Bouregy & Curl) was a small New York-based book publishing imprint active from 1950 through 2012, established by Thomas Bouregy.[1] Avalon was an important science fiction imprint in the 1950s and 60s; later its specialty was mystery and romance books.[2] The imprint was owned by Thomas Bouregy & Co., Inc.[1] It remained a family firm, with Thomas's daughter Ellen Bouregy Mickelsen taking over as publisher in 1995.[2]
On June 4, 2012 it was announced that Amazon.com had purchased the imprint and its back-list of about 3,000 titles. Amazon said it would publish the books through the various imprints of Amazon Publishing.[2]
Science fiction era[]
In the 1950s and 60s Avalon specialized in science fiction.[3] It issued much of the hardcover material in the genre during the period, particularly in the earlier portion. Avalon issued new titles, reissued out of print titles originally from other publishers, and first editions of material that had previously only seen magazine publication. Frederik Pohl jibed in 1959 that the publisher "seems to be pursuing a policy of printing the worst books by the best writers in science fiction".[4] Its books featured cover art by , Ed Emshwiller (also known as Emsh), Gray Morrow, and . Later, competition with mainstream hardcover and paperback publishers starting their own science fiction lines and the marginal nature of genre publishing in general led to the line being discontinued.
Science fiction authors published by Avalon[]
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Bibliography of Science Fiction books published (by year)[]
- 1953 (Bourgey/Curl)
- 1956
- (Erik Van Lhin)
- (Poul Anderson)
- (Raymond F. Jones)
- Three to Conquer (Eric Frank Russell)
- (Hunt Collins)
- 1957
- (David Grinnell)
- (E. C. Tubb)
- Big Planet (Jack Vance)
- City on the Moon (Murray Leinster)
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- Hidden World (Stanton A. Coblentz)
- Solomon's Stone (L. Sprague de Camp)
- (Charles R. Long)
- (George O. Smith)
- (Manly Wade Wellman)
- Wasp (Eric Frank Russell)
- 1958
- (David Osborne)
- (David Grinnell)
- (George O. Smith)
- (Robert Sheckley)
- (David Osborne)
- (Murray Leinster)
- (Charles Eric Maine)
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- The Blue Barbarians (Stanton A. Coblentz)
- The Languages of Pao (Jack Vance)
- (Russ Winterbotham)
- The Tower of Zanid (L. Sprague de Camp)
- 1959
- (Lester del Rey)
- (J. Hunter Holly)
- (Manly Wade Wellman)
- (George O. Smith)
- (Roger Lee Vernon)
- (Manly Wade Wellman)
- The Duplicated Man (James Blish) and (Robert Lowndes)
- (Adam Chase)
- (Rog Phillips)
- (David Grinnell)
- (Adam Lukens)
- (Poul Anderson)
- 1960
- (Adam Lukens)
- (Charles Eric Maine)
- (Joseph E. Kelleam)
- Invaders from Rigel (Fletcher Pratt)
- (Wallace West)
- (Stanton A. Coblentz)
- The Glory That Was (L. Sprague de Camp)
- (Joseph E. Kelleam)
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- (Otis Adelbert Kline)
- Wall of Serpents (L. Sprague de Camp) and (Fletcher Pratt)
- 1961
- (Robert W. Lowndes)
- Collision Course (Robert Silverberg)
- (David Grinnell)
- (Manly Wade Wellman)
- (Otis Adelbert Kline)
- (Adam Lukens)
- (Colonel S. P. Meek)
- (Wallace West)
- The Outlaws of Mars (Otis Adelbert Kline)
- The Rim of Space (A. Bertram Chandler)
- (Stanton A. Coblentz)
- (Colonel S. P. Meek)
- 1962
- Alien Planet (Fletcher Pratt)
- Armageddon 2419 A.D. (Philip Francis Nowlan)
- (Wallace West)
- (Otis Adelbert Kline)
- (Otis Adelbert Kline)
- (J. Hunter Holly)
- (Adam Lukens)
- (Evelyn E. Smith)
- The Search for Zei (L. Sprague de Camp)
- (Adam Lukens)
- (Robert Moore Williams)
- 1963
- (Adam Lukens)
- (E. L. Arch)
- (Adam Lukens)
- (Bruce Ariss)
- River of Time (Wallace West)
- (Jeff Sutton)
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- The Hand of Zei (L. Sprague de Camp)
- (Russ Winterbotham)
- The Other World (J. Harvey Bond)
- The Star Men (Oscar J. Friend)
- (Frank B. Long)
- 1964
- (A. Bertram Chandler)
- (Frank Belknap Long)
- (E. L. Arch)
- (E. L. Arch)
- (Charles R. Long)
- (Ray Cummings)
- (Stanton A. Coblentz)
- (Frank B. Long)
- (Stanton A. Coblentz)
- (Russ Winterbotham)
- (Wallace West)
- 1965
- (George Allan England)
- (George Allan England)
- (Eando Binder)
- (Ray Cummings)
- Palos of the Dog Star Pack (J. U. Giesy)
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- (J. Hunter Holly)
- (E. L. Arch)
- The Forgotten Planet (George Henry Smith)
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- The Mouthpiece of Zitu (J. U. Giesy)
- 1966
- Claimed (Francis Stevens)
- Jason, Son of Jason (J. U. Giesy)
- (Stanton A. Coblentz)
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- (E. L. Arch)
- (Russ Winterbotham)
- (J. Hunter Holly)
- The People of the Abyss (George Allan England)
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- (Joseph E. Kelleam)
- 1967
- (Lin Carter) and (David Grinnell)
- (Lee Sheldon)
- (George Henry Smith)
- Out of the Abyss (George Allan England)
- (Leslie F. Stone)
- The Afterglow (George Allan England)
- (Stanton A. Coblentz)
- (Wallace West)
- (Ray Cummings)
- (E. L. Arch)
- 1968
- (Diane Detzer)
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- (Stanton A. Coblentz)
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- (Jack Dennis)
Mystery and Romance era[]
After the discontinuation of its science fiction line, Avalon specialized in mystery and romance books.[2]
Romance Authors published by Avalon Books[]
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References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "About Us". Avalon Books. Archived from the original on June 7, 2012. Retrieved June 4, 2012.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d Julia Bosman (June 4, 2012). "Amazon Buys Avalon Books, Publisher in Romance and Mysteries". New York Times. Retrieved June 4, 2012.
- ^ AvalonBooks at ISFDB
- ^ "In the Balance", If, July 1959, p.99
- ^ Avalon Books. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-10-11. Retrieved 2012-08-28.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Avalon Books, 2012.
- 1950 establishments in New York (state)
- 2012 disestablishments in New York (state)
- Amazon (company) acquisitions
- Defunct book publishing companies of the United States