does not cite any sources . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . april 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message adam and charles black s 1863 edition of woodstock by sir walter scott first publ . 1826 a & c black is a british book publishing company . contents 1 history 2 status as of 2000 3 notable books 4 imprints 5 references 6 external links history edit the firm was founded in 1807 by adam and charles black in edinburgh and moved to the soho district of london in 1889 . in 1851 the firm bought the copyright of sir walter scott s waverley novels for 27 000 . in 1902 they published p. g. wodehouse s first book the pothunters and went on to produce many of his early works . the company is best known as the publisher of the annual who s who since 1849 and also since 2002 the whitaker s almanack . other notable works include black s medical dictionary and the know the game series of sports rules and laws reference books 1 . a & c black purchased both christopher helm publishers and later the pica press publishers of the helm identification guides from christopher helm . in june 2002 t & a d poyser and their back list of around 70 ornithology titles were acquired from elsevier science . a & c black purchased methuen drama from methuen publishing in 2006 and acquired arden shakespeare from cengage learning in 2008 . status as of 2000 edit the company is now part of bloomsbury publishing plc who purchased it in 2000 and produces that company s range of reference works . in 2016 a & c black music list has moved to collins learning a division of harpercollins publishers ltd. 1 notable books edit world maps from a & c black s 1854 general atlas of the world black s guides travel black s medical dictionary whitaker s almanack who s who wisden cricketers almanack writers & artists yearbook imprints edit adlard coles nautical arden shakespeare andrew brodie publications featherstone methuen drama t & a d poyser reeds almanac john wisden & co references edit bloomsbury.com . bloomsbury a & c black music . www.bloomsbury.com . retrieved 2016 08 17 . external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to adam and charles black . official website acblack.com corporate history bloomsbury publishing corporate structure bloomsbury publishing corporate history whitaker s almanack a & c black colour books twenty shilling series this article about a company of scotland is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e this article about an english company is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e this article about a publishing company in the united kingdom is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title a % 26 c black & oldid 743911679 categories encyclop dia britannicabook publishing companies of the united kingdomornithological publishing companiespublishing companies established in 18071807 establishments in scotland1889 establishments in englandcompanies based in edinburghhistory of edinburghcompanies based in londonbook publishing companies of scotlandscottish company stubsenglish company stubsunited kingdom publishing company stubshidden categories articles lacking sources from april 2014all articles lacking sourcescommons category with local link same as on wikidataall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages portugu ssimple english edit links this page was last modified on 12 october 2016 at 00 22 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view