Macaulay Company

The Combined Maze by May Sinclair (1913), readable pdf
The Critique of Love by Fritz Wittels, cover (1929)

Macaulay Company was a publisher in New York City.[1] It published French and English authors before expanding to American authors. It is known for its publications in the crime, mystery, and romance genres. The Ohio State University Libraries have a collection of its papers.[2]

Wallace Thurman worked at the firm including as editor-in-chief.[3][4]

L. F. Furman was president and treasurer of the publishing company in 1934 when it faced a strike after laying off five employees. Furman said the layoffs were a result of business conditions.[5] It was involved in a legal dispute with William LaVarre.[6]

Its office was at 257 Fourth Avenue in New York City.[1][7]

Books

  • The Counterpart by Joseph Hornor Coates (1909)[8]
  • The Game of the Golden Ball (1910)[8]
  • The Princess of Forge (1910)
  • The City of Silent Men by John A. Moroso (1913)
  • The Combined Maze by May Sinclair (1913)[9]
  • At Bay (1914)[8]
  • Whoso findeth a wife by J. Wesley Putnam (1914)[8]
  • Secret of the Night by Gaston Leroux (1914) illustrated by Henry Richard Boehm
  • The Family Cupboard, a novel (1914)[8]
  • The American Caravan, a yearbook of American literature edited by Van Wyck Brooks.[7][1]
  • The River Riders by Walter W. Liggett[1]
  • The Natural Law (1916)
  • The Girl by the Roadside (1917)[8]
  • EVE, Junior by Reginald Heber Patterson (1917)[8]
  • The Invisible Enemy (1918)
  • Flames of the Blue Ridge (1919)[8]
  • Stretton Street Affair by William Le Queux (1922)[10]
  • Sisterly Competition Rivalry by Sarah Warder MacConnell (1927)[11]
  • IT by Elinor Glyn (1927)
  • Moussia: the life and death of Marie Bashkirtseff (1929)
  • Show Boy, a novel by M. Coates Webster (1931)
  • Machine to Kill by Gaston Leroux (1935)[12]

Further reading

  • "Macaulay Company" by Allison Tanner Stauffer American Literary Publishing Houses (1986) pages 214-216

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "The Editor". Editor Council. July 29, 1928 – via Google Books.
  2. ↑ "Special Collections Registry". library.osu.edu.
  3. ↑ Notten, Eleonore van (June 8, 2022). Wallace Thurman's Harlem Renaissance. BRILL. ISBN 978-90-04-48375-0 – via Google Books.
  4. ↑ https://books.google.com/books?id=0L0ULjto_OEC&pg=PA759&dq=%22Macaulay+Company%22&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjthdakn8iLAxU2STABHfrsMhUQ6AF6BAgIEAM Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance
  5. ↑ "BOOK HOUSE AGREES TO CONFER ON STRIKE; Macaulay Company Accepts Call of Regional Labor Board to Meeting With Employes". The New York Times. September 22, 1934 – via NYTimes.com.
  6. ↑ "New York Supreme Court" – via Google Books.
  7. 1 2 "The Writer". Writer, Incorporated. July 29, 1928 – via Google Books.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Macaulay Company | The Online Books Page".
  9. ↑ "File:The combined maze (IA combinedmaze00sinc).pdf - Wikimedia Commons" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2025-05-28. Retrieved 2026-04-18.
  10. ↑ author, Unknown authorUnknown (February 2, 1922). "English: Cover page of the novel, "The Stretton Street Affair by William Le Queux; illustrator unknown; publishers, The Macaulay Company, 1922. Text: The STRETTON STREET AFFAIR" – via Wikimedia Commons. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  11. ↑ "SISTERLY COMPETITION; RIVALRY. By Sarah Warder MacConnell. New York: The Macaulay Company. $2". The New York Times. February 20, 1927 – via NYTimes.com.
  12. ↑ author, AnonymousUnknown (January 1, 1935). "Français : Couverture du roman La Machine à assassiner de Gaston Leroux publié aux éditions The Macaulay Company en 1935" – via Wikimedia Commons. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
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