A. C. McClurg
A. C. McClurg was a stationer, publisher, and book wholesaler for over 120 years in
About a decade after McClurg's death, the company shut down his Rare Books section of the business and pursued popular adventure. It was the original publisher of the Tarzan of the Apes novels and other stories by Chicago author Edgar Rice Burroughs, as well as the Tom Mix stories. While these books proved very successful, the business model eventually changed again, and from 1922 to 1962, A.C. McClurg was primarily a book wholesaler.
History
The company was founded in
A. C. McClurg revitalized The Dial magazine in 1880 as a platform of politics and literary criticism. Under Francis Fisher Browne, the magazine gained national prominence, but it was sold three years after Browne's death in 1913. In 1913, A. C. McClurg published its first Edgar Rice Burroughs Tarzan of the Apes book. McClurg would publish the first ten novels of the series. By 1923, the company's operations focused exclusively on wholesaling. The company remained in business until 1962.
Notes
- ^ Probably the company was renamed in 1886. It is identified as "Messrs. A. C. McClurg & Co. (Successors to Jansen, McClurg & Co.), Chicago." at the head of its list of new books received during September: "Books of the Month", The Dial VII:78 (October 1886), pp. 137-39.
References
- ^ a b "Independent Bookstores in Chicago". Sandmeyer's Bookstore. Archived from the original on 12 May 2023. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
- . Retrieved 2019-03-16.
- ^ Goddard, Connie. "Book publishing in Chicago". Encyclopedia of Chicago. Retrieved 2009-01-27.
External links
- Media related to A. C. McClurg and Co. at Wikimedia Commons
- Records of the A.C. McClurg Co. at The Newberry Library