Arno Press
Founded1963 (1963)
FounderArnold Zohn
Country of originUnited States
Headquarters location3 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10017 [1]
DistributionWorldwide
Publication typesBooks, historical reprints
Owner(s)The New York Times

Arno Press was a Manhattan-based publishing house founded by Arnold Zohn in 1963, specializing in reprinting rare and long out-of-print materials.[2]

History

Zohn served 48 missions on a bomber crew during World War II, and when he returned home he entered the publishing world. He became vice-president of The New York Times, and later created his own publishing house, Arno Press, in 1963.[2] From the beginning, Zohn's business strategy was to reprint hardcover volumes of historical works and sell large orders to the then-growing number of libraries around the country.[3] In 1968, The New York Times purchased a controlling 51% of Arno Press, and in 1971 they purchased the rest.[4][5]

On September 23, 1970, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace formally presented the United Nations with a five-volume series set, Issues Before the General Assemblies of the United Nations (1946-1965), published by Arno Press.[6] Arnold Zohn attended the ceremony in the General Secretary's conference room on behalf of Arno Press. Joseph E. Johnson represented the Carnegie Endowment in his capacity as president, and Secretary General U Thant accepted the material on behalf of the United Nations.[6]

Herbert Cohen was named president of Arno Press on July 14, 1975, in an announcement by Sydney Gruson, executive vice-president of The New York Times Company.[7] He had previously served as executive vice-president of Arno Press since he joined the company in May 1972, and before that he was with Xerox Corporation's American Education Publications.[7]

The firm continued as part of Times Books in the 1980, reducing its output.[5] In 1982 many of its titles were sold to Merrimack Book Service.[5] The imprint was licensed to Random House in 1984, then to the Henry Holt division of Macmillan in 2000.[5]

The Arno Press imprint was discontinued "around 1984."[5]

Legacy

In their book American Woman, Italian Style: Italian Americana's Best Writings on Women, Carol Bonomo Albright and Christine Palamidessi Moore praised Arno Press for the "impressive and valuable array of materials on Italian Americans in the United States" in its thirty-nine-volume series, The Italian American Experience.[8]

Princeton English Professor Autumn Womack notes that Arno Press embarked on "landmark republication project, The American Negro: His History and Literature" which "reissued hundreds of titles by and about Black life" between 1968-1971.[9]

Selected book series

Selected publications

Books

References

  1. ^ "Addresses of publishers and organizations". Cornell Hotel and Restaurant Administration Quarterly. 22 (2): 68–71. 1981. doi:10.1177/001088048102200216. S2CID 220639112.
  2. ^ a b Pace, Eric. "Arnold Zohn Dies, Began Arno Press". The New York Times, May 26, 1985, section 1, p. 32. Archived from the original.
  3. ^ Reginald, Robert, and Douglas Menville. "Introduction: The Arnold Zone." Classics of Fantastic Literature: Selected Review Essays. Rockville, Maryland: Wildside Press, 2005. ISBN 978-0809519187.
  4. ^ "Publisher: Arno Press."ISFDB. Archived from the original.
  5. ^ a b c d e "FOB: Firms Out of Business – Arno Press." Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas at Austin, 2008. Archived from the original.
  6. ^ a b "U.N. Receives 5-Volume Set from Carnegie Endowment." New York Times, September 24, 1970, p. 40.
  7. ^ a b "Herbert Cohen Heads Arno Press."New York Times, July 15, 1976, p. 32. Archived from the original.
  8. ^ Albright, Carol Bonomo, and Christine Palamidessi Moore. "Materials from Arno Press: The Italian-American Woman."In: American Woman, Italian Style: Italian Americana's Best Writings on Women. Fordham University Press, 2011. ISBN 978-0823231751. Archived from the original. doi:10.5422/fordham/9780823231751.003.0031.
  9. ^ Lecture: Fall 2020 Workshop: Autumn Womack, "Reprinting the Past/Reordering Black Social Life" Sept. 21, 2020 hosted by University of Pennsylvania Workshop in the History of Material Texts [1]
  10. ^ Abercrombie & Fitch Library, seriesofseries.com. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  11. ^ Zohn, Arnold. Letter to the Editor. New York Times, October 6, 1968, p. BR30.
  12. ^ Autumn Womack, "Reprinting the Past/Re-Ordering Black Social Life", American Literary History, Volume 32, Issue 4, Winter 2020, pp. 755–780. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  13. ^ Smith, Arthur L. (1972). "Review Essay : The American Negro: His History and Literature. New York: New York Times and Arno Press, 1968-71, 140 Volumes. $1411.00 the Antislavery Crusade. New York: New York Times and Arno Press, 1968-70, 70 Volumes. $650.00". Journal of Black Studies. 3: 117–119. doi:10.1177/002193477200300108. S2CID 144311277.
  14. ^ Max Weber and German politics, J. P. Mayer, European University Institute Library. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  15. ^ Homosexuality: Lesbians and Gay Men in Society, History, and Literature: Documents of the homosexual rights movement in Germany, 1836-1927 - Awards and Grants, ala.org. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  16. ^ Seller, Maxine (1976). "The Diversity of Italian America: New Materials from Arno Press—"The Italian American Experience"". Italian Americana. 2 (2): 255–269. JSTOR 29775893.
  17. ^ Publication Series: Lost Race and Adult Fantasy Fiction, isfdb.org. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  18. ^ Publication Series: Science Fiction (Arno Press), isfdb.org. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  19. ^ Publication Series: Supernatural and Occult Fiction, isfdb.org. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  20. ^ Publication Series: Utopian Literature, isfdb.org. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  21. ^ Ben Hur, A Tale of the Christ, worldcat.org. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
  22. ^ Atrocity Propaganda, 1914-1919, worldcat.org. Retrieved 6 December 2022.

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