RA Collection: People and Organisations
Hamish Hamilton Limited was a British book publishing house, founded in 1931 eponymously by Jamie Hamilton (Hamish being the Gaelic 'Seumas', meaning James.The publishing brand Hamish Hamilton is currently an imprint of the Penguin Group.
Hamish Hamilton Ltd originally specialized in fiction, and was responsible for publishing a number of American authors in the United Kingdom, including J.D. Salinger's Catcher in the Rye. Hamish Hamilton Law and Hamish Hamilton Medical were started in 1939 but closed during the war.
Jamie Hamilton sold the firm to the Thomson Organisation in 1965, who resold it to Penguin Books in 1986.
James Thurber
The 13 clocks / illustrated by Mark Simont - London: 1951
15/242
John Yeoman
The wild washerwomen : a new folk tale / by John Yeoman ; with pictures by Quentin Blake - London: 1980
13/1093
Lenore Blegvad, compiler
Mittens for kittens : and other rhymes about cats / chosen by Lenore Blegvad. Illustrated by Erik Blegvad - London: 1974
11/3746
Norman Dale
The house in Cobble Lane / Norman Lane ; illustrated by Biro - London: [1964]
15/5367