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Should you wish for us to return your manuscript at a later date, please enclose a stamped addressed envelope or sufficient postage in uk stamps. This is a list of largest uk trade book publishers, with some of their principal imprints, ranked by sales value, according to nielsen bookscan. Advertise book publishers business for free on one of london largest local business directory and phonebook. Heres our list of reputable book publishing companies you might consider working with. Amc books archive of modern conflict is a publisher based in london, england, producing books on photography and art, which are available from the amcs own online bookshop at and at selected specialist art and photography bookshops worldwide. Publishing business in eighteenthcentury england assesses the contribution of the business press and the publication of print to the economic transformation of england. Methuen publishing ltd is an english publishing house. Publishers of popular and scholarly illustrated books on fashion and interior design, fine and decorative arts, architecture and photography, publications from bethnal green museum of childhood and the theatre museum.
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