One Hundred and Fifty Years of Publishing

This commemorative volume celebrates 150 years of Little, Brown & Company, one of America's most distinguished publishing houses. Published in 1987 to mark the sesquicentennial, this book offers a fascinating look at the evolution of American publishing from 1837 to 1987.

The volume likely contains historical documentation, photographs, anecdotes, and highlights from Little, Brown's illustrious catalog, which has included everyone from Louisa May Alcott and Emily Dickinson to J.D. Salinger and David McCullough. As both a corporate history and a window into American literary culture, it documents how publishing shaped and was shaped by American society across fifteen decades.
Little, Brown published landmark works in fiction, history, law, and medicine, and their story intersects with major moments in American cultural history—from the Civil War through both World Wars, the rise of modernism, and the transformation of publishing in the late 20th century.