years ago 1889 founder algernon methuen country of origin united kingdom headquarters location london publication types books official website www.methuen.co.uk methuen publishing ltd is a english publishing house . it was founded in 1889 by sir algernon methuen 1856 1924 and began publishing in london in 1892 . initially methuen mainly published non fiction academic works eventually diversifying to publish female authors and translated works . 1 e. v. lucas headed the firm from 1924 to 1928 . contents 1 establishment 2 the rainbow 3 edward verrall lucas 4 tintin 5 associated book publishers 6 references 7 further reading 8 external links establishment edit in june 1889 as a sideline to teaching algernon methuen began to publish and market his own textbooks under the label methuen & co. the company s first success came in 1892 with the publication of rudyard kipling s barrack room ballads . rapid growth came with works by marie corelli hilaire belloc robert louis stevenson and oscar wilde de profundis 1905 2 as well as edgar rice burroughs tarzan of the apes . 3 in 1910 the business was converted into a limited liability company with e. v. lucas and g.e. webster joining the founder on the board of directors . 4 the company published the 1920 english translation of albert einstein s relativity the special and the general theory a popular exposition . with knowledge he had gained of children s literature at the publisher grant richards e. v. lucas built on the company s early success . among the authors lucas signed to the company were a. a. milne kenneth grahame while he also supported illustrators w. heath robinson h. m. bateman and ernest shepard . 5 by the 1920s it had also a literary list that included anthony hope g. k. chesterton henry james d. h. lawrence t. s. eliot ruth manning sanders and the arden shakespeare series . the rainbow edit following the publication of lawrence s the rainbow 1915 the british director of public prosecuted methuen for obscenity . the firm offered no defence and agreed to destroy the remaining stock of 1 011 copies . 3 it is thought that one reason for the firm s failure to support lawrence was that he had at the time written an unkind portrait of the chief editor s brother who had recently been killed in france . 5 edward verrall lucas edit in 1924 e. v. lucas succeeded algernon methuen as chairman and led the company until his death in 1928 . 5 besides his executive role he also received a separate salary as the chief reader of the company . his commercial judgment added authors enid blyton p. g. wodehouse pearl s. buck and maurice maeterlinck to the company s list . in 1930 the company published the popular humorous book 1066 and all that . tintin edit methuen was the english publisher of the book editions of the adventures of tintin a series of classic belgian comic strip books written and illustrated by herg . methuen altered their editions of tintin by insisting that books featuring british characters undergo major changes . the black island first published in french in 1937 was set in great britain but prior to publishing it themselves in 1966 methuen decided that it did not reflect the u.k. accurately enough and sent a list of 131 errors to be corrected . 6 it was thus redrawn and reset in the 1960s . critics have attacked methuen over the changes claiming that black island lost a lot of its charm as a result . 6 land of black gold had had a troubled publishing history but the completed adventure eventually appeared in 1948 50 . it was set in the british mandate of palestine and featured the conflict between jews arabs and british troops . when methuen was translating the adventures of tintin into english israel had long since been in existence and methuen asked for it to be edited . herg took the opportunity to redraw the few problematic pages as well as the pages before that the freighter that appeared before that was based on herg s imagination due to lack of resources at the time . the earlier version published in 1950 was reprinted by casterman as a facsimile edition but internationally was completely replaced by the newer version . associated book publishers edit in 1958 methuen was part of the conglomerate associated book publishers abp and for much of the 1970s was known as eyre methuen following its absorption of the eyre & spottiswoode firm . when abp was acquired by the thomson organization in 1987 it sold off the trade publishing units including methuen to reed international s octopus . reed elsevier sold off its trade publishing to random house in 1997 and methuen bought itself out in 1998 . in 2003 methuen publishing purchased the company politico s publishing from its owner iain dale . 7 in 2006 it sold its notable drama lists to a & c black for 2.35 million . the rights to methuen s children books currently belong to the egmont group . 8 the company is currently based at 215 vauxhall bridge road in victoria london . 9 references edit history of methuen publishing . random house . retrieved 18 june 2013 . de profundis oscar wilde . london methuen & co. ltd. 1905 22nd ed . 1911 a b stevenson page 59 . obituary of sir algernon methuen the times monday 22 september 1924 ; page 18 . issue 43763 . a b c stevenson page 60 . a b tintin the complete companion by michael farr john murray publishers 2001 pierce andrew august 4 2004 . methuen writes new chapter for lovers of politico s intrigue people . the times . times newspapers limited . p. 6 . http www.methuen.co.uk about contact http www.babash.com publisher index indexm.htm further reading edit duffy m 1989 . a thousand capricious chances a history of the methuen list 1889 1989 hardback . london methuen . stevenson iain 2010 . book makers british publishing in the twentieth century hardback . london the british library . pp. 314 pages . isbn 978 0 7123 0961 5 . external links edit methuen website the methuen bookshop v t e the adventures of tintin by herg the adventures of tintin tintin in the land of the soviets 1930 tintin in the congo 1931 tintin in america 1932 cigars of the pharaoh 1934 the blue lotus 1936 the broken ear 1937 the black island 1938 king ottokar s sceptre 1939 the crab with the golden claws 1941 the shooting star 1942 the secret of the unicorn 1943 red rackham s treasure 1944 the seven crystal balls 1948 prisoners of the sun 1949 land of black gold 1950 destination moon 1953 explorers on the moon 1954 the calculus affair 1956 the red sea sharks 1958 tintin in tibet 1960 the castafiore emerald 1963 flight 714 1968 tintin and the picaros 1976 tintin and alph art 1986 unfinished characters tintin snowy captain haddock professor calculus thomson and thompson rastapopoulos bianca castafiore chang chong chen nestor jolyon wagg settings borduria khemed marlinspike hall san theodoros syldavia the unicorn wadesdah other settings feature films the crab with the golden claws 1947 tintin and the golden fleece 1961 tintin and the blue oranges 1964 tintin and the temple of the sun 1969 tintin and the lake of sharks 1972 the adventures of tintin 2011 television series herg s adventures of tintin 1958 62 the adventures of tintin 1991 92 home video documentaries i tintin 1976 tintin and i 2003 video games tintin on the moon 1987 tintin in tibet 1996 prisoners of the sun 1997 tintin destination adventure 2001 the adventures of tintin the secret of the unicorn 2011 other media and memorabilia the mystery of the blue diamond le thermoz ro tintin media books about tintin tintin magazine tintin postage stamps tintin coins collaborators of herg studios herg bob de moor edgar p. jacobs jacques martin greg roger leloup josette baujot jacques van melkebeke zhang chongren legacy of herg herg foundation ideology of tintin ligne claire mus e herg parodies and pastiches breaking free tintin in thailand publishers casterman le lombard methuen publishing le petit vingti me le soir tintin magazine literary critics michael farr philippe goddin beno t peeters yves rodier numa sadoul book herg and tintin category tintin v t e winnie the pooh by a. a. milne disney franchise books when we were very young 1924 winnie the pooh 1926 now we are six 1927 the house at pooh corner 1928 return to the hundred acre wood 2009 the best bear in all the world 2016 characters winnie the pooh disney version piglet tigger christopher robin rabbit eeyore roo heffalumps featurettes winnie the pooh and the honey tree 1966 winnie the pooh and the blustery day 1968 winnie the pooh 1969 winnie the pooh pays a visit 1971 winnie the pooh and a busy day 1972 winnie the pooh and tigger too 1974 winnie the pooh and a day for eeyore 1983 short films winnie the pooh discovers the seasons 1981 feature films the many adventures of winnie the pooh 1977 the tigger movie 2000 piglet s big movie 2003 pooh s heffalump movie 2005 winnie the pooh 2011 direct to video films pooh s grand adventure the search for christopher robin 1997 seasons of giving 1999 the book of pooh stories from the heart 2001 a very merry pooh year 2002 springtime with roo 2004 pooh s heffalump halloween movie 2005 super sleuth christmas movie 2007 tigger & pooh and a musical too 2009 super duper super sleuths 2010 television welcome to pooh corner 1983 1986 the new adventures of winnie the pooh 1988 1991 the book of pooh 2001 2003 my friends tigger & pooh 2007 2010 specials cartoon all stars to the rescue 1990 winnie the pooh and christmas too 1991 boo to you too winnie the pooh 1996 a winnie the pooh thanksgiving 1998 a valentine for you 1999 video games winnie the pooh in the hundred acre wood 1986 disney s animated storybook winnie the pooh and the honey tree 1995 ready to read with pooh 1997 tigger s honey hunt 2000 piglet s big game 2003 winnie the pooh s rumbly tumbly adventure 2005 disney friends 2007 winnie the pooh s home run derby 2010 songs winnie the pooh 1966 up down and touch the ground 1966 rumbly in my tumbly 1966 little black rain cloud 1966 mind over matter 1966 a rather blustery day 1968 the wonderful thing about tiggers 1968 heffalumps and woozles 1968 the rain rain rain came down down down 1968 hip hip pooh ray 1968 house at pooh corner 1970 i hum to myself 1983 just say yes i can 1983 the right side 1983 you re the only you 1983 try a little something new 1983 wherever you are 1997 every season brings a reason 1999 people christopher robin milne e. h. shepard harry colebourn shirley slesinger lasswell stephen slesinger david benedictus mark burgess related articles ashdown forest bother the brain of pooh hundred acre wood the many adventures of winnie the pooh attraction more songs from pooh corner pooh s hunny hunt poohsticks return to pooh corner the tao of pooh the te of piglet winnipeg the bear retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title methuen publishing & oldid 738864120 categories publishing companies established in 1889book publishing companies of the united kingdomcompanies based in london1889 establishments in 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