The Truth About a Publisher An Autobiographical Record By Sir Stanley Unwin Publisher - George Allen & Unwin - 1960 First Edition, Second Impression Condition - Acceptable_________________ Outside of the BookHardbackBoards - Blue with gilt lettering to the spineDust Jacket - White with illustration and letteringPage edges style - Publisher's blue dye to the topBinding Condition - No issuesBoards, spine, page edges and the dust jacket show signs of age and shelf wear. The dust jacket is torn. Please, see photos. Inside of the BookHandwritten Annotations - None Number of pages - 455Illustrations - Black and white Additional Points of InterestSigned and inscribed by the authorSir Stanley Unwin, KCMG (19 December 1884 – 13 October 1968) was a British publisher, who founded the Allen & Unwin publishing firm. Unwin started his career at the publishing firm of his step uncle Thomas Fisher Unwin. In 1914 Stanley Unwin purchased a controlling interest in the firm George Allen and Sons, and established George Allen & Unwin, later to become Allen and Unwin. The company found success publishing authors such as Bertrand Russell, Sidney Webb, R. H. Tawney, J. R. R. Tolkien, and Mahatma Gandhi.Sir Stanley Unwin's best-known book was The Truth About Publishing. It was first published in 1926 and held sway as a sort of vade-mecum of the trade for decades afterwards. However as Sir Stanley admits in his preface to this book, inspired by Arnold Bennett's Truth About an Author, the book he first wanted to write was The Truth About a Publisher. In the end that had to wait, not being finally published until 1960. As the title suggests this is the autobiographical companion to the earlier work. It is a full and successful story: from the creation of George Allen and Unwin ('my life work' as Sir Stanley describes it) to his crucial work for the Publishers Association, the International Publishers Association and the British Council.