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Vanguard Press

Defunct

Founded in March 1926 with a $100,000 grant from the Garland Fund to publish inexpensive editions of radical, socialist and labour literature, including a series of studies of Soviet Russia. The Fund later turned the press over to its publisher, James Henle, and it became a general trade house whose list included James T. Farrell's Studs Lonigan trilogy and the first books of Nelson Algren, Saul Bellow and Dr. Seuss. With a backlist of some 500 titles, it was sold to Random House in October 1988.

Years
1926–1988
Location
New York, United States
Affiliation
Founded with support from the American Fund for Public Service (the Garland Fund)
Languages
English
Authority records
Wikidata · VIAF · Library of Congress · GND · ISNI
Sources
Wikipedia — Vanguard Press; UPI — Vanguard to merge with Random House (1988)

Backlist

7101920193019401950196019701980Founded 1926Closed 19881926: 37 titles1927: 71 titles1928: 36 titles1929: 41 titles1930: 42 titles1931: 48 titles1932: 42 titles1933: 37 titles1934: 38 titles1935: 29 titles1936: 28 titles1937: 28 titles1938: 20 titles1939: 25 titles1940: 24 titles1941: 20 titles1942: 25 titles1943: 26 titles1944: 23 titles1945: 24 titles1946: 44 titles1947: 26 titles1948: 29 titles1949: 29 titles1950: 23 titles1951: 25 titles1952: 18 titles1953: 19 titles1954: 36 titles1955: 36 titles1956: 51 titles1957: 38 titles1958: 28 titles1959: 23 titles1960: 38 titles1961: 35 titles1962: 28 titles1963: 36 titles1964: 31 titles1965: 50 titles1966: 20 titles1967: 22 titles1968: 27 titles1969: 16 titles1970: 16 titles1971: 27 titles1972: 16 titles1973: 11 titles1974: 23 titles1975: 12 titles1976: 15 titles1977: 20 titles1978: 16 titles1979: 21 titles1980: 21 titles1981: 11 titles1982: 9 titles1983: 10 titles1984: 18 titles1985: 18 titles1986: 21 titles1987: 10 titles1988: 6 titles
Titles of Vanguard Press by year: 1,693 dated titles, 1926–1988, most in 1927 (71); 10 undated. Lines mark founded 1926 and closed 1988.
The figures by decade
DecadeTitles
1920s185
1930s337
1940s270
1950s297
1960s303
1970s177
1980s124
YearTitleAuthor(s)Language
1926Essays of Revolt✓FreeJack LondonEnglish
1926Henry George's Progress and Poverty✓ — An Abridgement of the Economic PrinciplesHenry GeorgeEnglish
1926History of the Conflict Between Religion and Science✓FreeJohn William DraperEnglish
1926Imperialism✓ — The State and RevolutionVladimir Il’ich LeninEnglish
1926Individual Liberty✓Free — Selections from the Writings of Benjamin R. TuckerBenjamin Ricketson TuckerEnglish
1926London's Essays of Revolt✓Free
Collection
Jack LondonEnglish
1926Looking Backward, 2000-1887FreeEdward BellamyEnglish
1926New Tactics in Social Conflict✓Free — Symposium [of the League for Industrial Democracy ... 1926]Harry Wellington Laidler & Harry W. LaidlerEnglish
1926News from Nowhere✓Free — An Epoch of Rest; Being Some Chapters from a Utopian RomanceWilliam MorrisEnglish
1926-01-01News from Nowhere or an Epoch of RestFreeWilliam MorrisNot recorded
1926-01-01Out of the Past✓Free — Some Revolutionary SketchesRaymond PostgateEnglish
1926Ruskin's Views of Social Justice✓FreeJohn RuskinEnglish
1926The a B C of Evolution✓FreeVance RandolphEnglish
1926The ABC of Astronomy✓FreeJay Laird Burgess TaylorEnglish
1926The ABC of Astronomy, by Jay L. B. Taylor✓FreeJay L. B. TaylorEnglish
1926The British General Strike✓Free — An Economic Interpretation of Its Background and Its SignificanceScott NearingEnglish
1926The Conquest of Bread✓FreePeter KropotkinEnglish
1926The Essentials of Marx✓ — The Communist ManifestoKarl MarxEnglish
1926The Jungle✓FreeUpton SinclairEnglish
1926The Riddle of the Universe✓Ernst Heinrich Philipp August HaeckelEnglish
1926The Socialism of Bernard Shaw✓Bernard Shaw & James FuchsEnglish
1926The Socialism of Shaw✓FreeGeorge Bernard ShawEnglish
1926The Socialism of Shaw, George Bernard Shaw✓FreeBernard ShawEnglish
1926-01-01The State✓Free — Its History and Development Viewed SociologicallyFranz Oppenheimer, John M. Gitterman & Paul Avrich Collection (Library of Congress)English
1926-01-01The Substance of History of Civilization in England✓Henry Thomas BuckleEnglish
1926-01-01The Substance of History of Civilization in England, SummarizedHenry Thomas BuckleNot recorded
1926The Substance of History of European Morals (from Augustus to Charlemagne)✓FreeWilliam Edward Hartpole LeckyEnglish
1926The Substance of History of European Morals (from Augustus to Charlemagne) by William Edward Hartpole Lecky, Summarized by Clement Wood✓FreeWilliam Edward Hartpole LeckyEnglish
1926The Substance of the Descent Man by Charles Darwin✓Vance RandolphEnglish
1926The Substance of the Descent of Man✓Vance Randolph & Charles DarwinEnglish
1926The Substance of the Riddle of the Universe✓FreeVance RandolphEnglish
1926The Theory of the Leisure Class✓Free — An Economic Study of InstitutionsThorstein VeblenEnglish
1926-01-01War--patriotism--peace✓FreeLeo Tolstoy (Лев Толстой)English
1926What Is the Single Tax?✓FreeLouis F. PostEnglish
1926What's the Use of Books✓FreeUpton SinclairEnglish
1926Yerney's Justice✓FreeIvan CankarEnglish, Slovenian
1926Yerney's Justice, by Ivan Cankar✓Free — Translated from the Slovenian (Yugoslav) by Louis AdamicIvan CankarEnglish
1927An American Pilgrimage✓Free — Portions of the Letters of Grace ScribnerGrace ScribnerEnglish
1927Basic Principles of Scientific Socialism✓Avraham Śim.hah Za.ksEnglish
1927Company Unions, Employers' "Industrial Democracy,"✓FreeRobert Williams DunnEnglish
1927Company Unions, Employers' "Industrial Democracy." by Robert W. Dunn✓FreeRobert W. DunnEnglish
1927Dan Minturn✓FreeM. H. HedgesEnglish
1927Dan Minturn, by M. H. Hedges✓FreeHedges, M. H. b. 1888English
1927Daughter of the Revolution✓Free — And Other StoriesJohn ReedEnglish
1927Daughter of the Revolution, and Other Stories, by John Reed, Edited, with an Introduction, by Floyd Dell✓FreeJohn ReedEnglish
1927Equitable Society and How to Create It✓FreeWarren Edwin BrokawEnglish
1927-01-01Happily Ever AfterConstance Buel BurnettNot recorded
1927Heavenly Discourse✓Charles Erskine Scott WoodEnglish
1927How the Soviets Work✓Free
Vanguard Studies of Soviet Russia
Henry Noel BrailsfordEnglish
1927-01-01How the Soviets Work, (Vanguard Studies of Soviet Russia)Henry Noel BrailsfordEnglish
1927Is Conscience a Crime?✓Norman ThomasEnglish
1927Kropotkin's Revolutionary Pamphlets✓ — A Collection of WritingsPeter KropotkinEnglish
1927-01-01Looking Backward, 2000-1887✓FreeEdward Bellamy & Sylvester BaxterEnglish
1927Love's Coming of Age✓Free — A Series of Papers on the Relations of the SexesEdward CarpenterEnglish
1927Negro Labor in the United States, 1850-1925✓Free — A Study in American Economic HistoryCharles H. WesleyEnglish
1927News from Nowhere✓Free — An Epoch of Rest, Being Some Chapters from a Utopian RomanceWilliam MorrisEnglish
1927Not Guilty✓Free — A Defence of the Bottom DogRobert BlatchfordEnglish
1927Prosperity?✓Harry Wellington LaidlerEnglish
1927Prosperity? Symposium✓FreeHarry Wellington LaidlerEnglish
1927-01-01Proudhon's Solution of the Social Problem✓Free — Including Commentary and Exposition by Charles a. Dana and William B. Greene, Edited, with Introd. By Henry CohenP.-J. ProudhonEnglish
1927-01-01Religion Under the Soviets✓Free
Vanguard Studies of Soviet Russia
Julius F. HeckerEnglish
1927Religion Under the Soviets, by Julius F. Hecker✓FreeHecker, Julius Friedrich, b. 1881English
1927Soviet Russia and Her Neighbors✓Free
Vanguard Studies of Soviet Russia
Robert Page ArnotEnglish
1927-01-01Soviet Russia and Her Neighbors, (Vanguard Studies of Soviet Russia)Robert Page ArnotNot recorded
1927Soviet Russia and Her Neighbours✓
Vanguard Studies of Soviet Russia
Robert Page ArnotEnglish
1927The a B C of Art✓FreeJohn Haldane BlackieEnglish
1927The a B C of Biology, by Vance RandolphFreeVance RandolphEnglish
1927The a B C of Chemistry✓Vance RandolphEnglish
1927The a B C of Geology✓FreeAllison HardyEnglish
1927The a B C of Physiology✓FreeVance RandolphEnglish
1927The a B C of Psychology✓FreeVance RandolphEnglish
1927The ABC of ArtJohn Haldane BlackieEnglish
1927The ABC of Art, by John Haldane Blackie✓FreeJohn BlackieEnglish
1927The ABC of BiologyVance RandolphEnglish
1927The ABC of Geology✓FreeVance RandolphEnglish
1927The ABC of History✓Harrison Cook Thomas & William Albert HammEnglish
1927The ABC of PsychologyVance RandolphEnglish
1927The British General Strike✓ — An Economic Interpretation of Its Background and Its SignificanceScott NearingEnglish
1927The Child and the Home✓Free — Essays on the Rational Bringing-up of ChildrenB. LiberEnglish
1927The Conquest of Bread✓FreePeter KropotkinEnglish
1927The Economic Organization of the Soviet Union✓Free
Vanguard Studies of Soviet Russia
Scott NearingEnglish
1927The Essentials of Marx✓ — The Communist ManifestoKarl MarxEnglish
1927The Foundations of Modern Civilization✓
A B C of History, Vol. I
Harrison Cook Thomas, William A. Hamm & William Albert HammEnglish
1927The Great French Revolution, 1789-1793✓Free — Translated from the French by N.F. DryhurstPeter KropotkinEnglish
1927The Great French Revolution. 1789-1793. Transl. From the French by N.F. DryhurstFreePetr Alekseevič KropotkinNot recorded
1927The Jungle✓FreeUpton SinclairEnglish
1927The Main Stem✓FreeWilliam EdgeEnglish
1927The Main Stem by William Edge✓FreeWilliam EdgeEnglish
1927The Profits of Religion✓Free — An Essay in Economic InterpretationUpton SinclairEnglish
1927-01-01The Story of Civil Liberty in the United States✓FreeLeon WhippleEnglish
1927The Substance of History of European MoralsWilliam Edward Hartpole LeckyEnglish
1927The Substance of History of European Morals from Augustus to Charlemagne✓William Edward Hartpole LeckyEnglish
1927The Substance of the Riddle of the Universe✓FreeVance RandolphEnglish
1927The Theory of the Leisure Class✓Free — An Economic Study of InstitutionsThorstein VeblenEnglish
1927The War Myth in United States History✓FreeC. H. HamlinEnglish
1927-01-01Village Life Under the Soviets✓Free
Vanguard Studies of Soviet Russia
Karl BordersEnglish
1927Village Life Under the Soviets, by Karl Borders✓FreeKarl BordersEnglish
1927War, Patriotism, Peace✓Lev Nikolaevič TolstojEnglish
1927Wells' Social Anticipations✓FreeHerbert George WellsEnglish
1927Wells' Social Anticipations, H.G. Wells, Edited, with Introduction, by Harry W. Laidler✓FreeH. G. WellsEnglish
1927What Is Cooperation?✓ — A Discussion of the Consumers' Cooperative Movement, Its Principles, Methods and AccomlishmentsJames Peter WarbasseEnglish
1927What Is Cooperation? A Discussion of the Consumers' Cooperative Movement, Its Principles, Methods and Accomplishments✓FreeJames Peter WarbasseEnglish
1927What Is Mutualism✓FreeClarence Lee Swartz & Mutualist AssociatesEnglish
1927What Is Mutualism? By Clarence Lee Swartz, in Collaboration with the Mutualist Associates✓FreeClarence Lee SwartzEnglish
1927What's so and What Isn't✓FreeJohn M. WorkEnglish
1927What's so and What Isn't, by John M. Work✓FreeJohn McClelland WorkEnglish
1927What's the Use of Books?✓Upton SinclairEnglish
1927Where Is Civilization Going?✓Free — By Scott NearingScott NearingEnglish
1928Civilization in Transition (1789-1870)✓Free
The ABC of History
Harrison Cook ThomasEnglish
1928Civilization in Transition, 1789-1870 by H.C. Thomas and W.A. Hamm✓
The ABC of History, v. 2
Harrison Cook ThomasEnglish
1928Don't Tread on Me✓Free — A Study of Aggressive Legal Tactics for LaborClement WoodEnglish
1928Extraordinary Women✓ — Theme and VariationsCompton MackenzieEnglish
1928Health Work in Soviet Russia✓Free
Vanguard Studies of Soviet Russia
Anna J. HainesEnglish
1928-01-01Heavenly DiscourseCharles Erskine Scott WoodNot recorded
1928How the Old Woman Got Home✓Matthew Phipps ShielEnglish
1928How the Soviets Work✓
Vanguard Studies of Soviet Russia
Henry Noel BrailsfordEnglish
1928Liberty Under the Soviet✓
Coll. Vanguard Studies of Soviet Russia
Roger N. BaldwinEnglish
1928Liberty Under the Soviets✓Free
Vanguard Studies of Soviet Russia
Roger Nash BaldwinEnglish
1928-01-01London's Essays of RevoltJ. LondonEnglish
1928Lost Wolf✓Frederick FaustEnglish
1928Love's Coming of Age✓Free — A Series of Papers on the Relations of the SexesEdward CarpenterEnglish
1928-01-01Our Cuban Colony✓Free — A Study in Sugar
American Imperialism
Leland Hamilton JenksEnglish
1928Our Own Times✓Free
The ABC of History
Harrison Cook ThomasEnglish
1928Our Own Times, by H.C. Thomas and W.A. Hamm✓FreeHarrison Cook ThomasEnglish
1928Soviet Trade Unions✓Free
Vanguard Studies of Soviet Russia
Robert Williams DunnEnglish
1928The a B C of Evolution, by Vance Randolph✓FreeVance RandolphEnglish
1928-01-01The Americans in Santo Domingo✓Free
American Imperialism
Melvin Moses KnightEnglish
1928The Ballad of Reading Gaol✓FreeOscar Wilde & Lynd WardEnglish
1928The Bankers in Bolivia✓Free — A Study in American Foreign Investment
Studies in American Imperialism
Margar exander MarshEnglish
1928The Bankers in Bolivia Study in American Foreign Investment✓Free
American Imperialism
Margar exander MarshEnglish
1928The Jews and Other Minor Nationalities Under the Soviets✓Free
Vanguard Studies of Soviet Russia
Avrahm YarmolinskyEnglish
1928The New Schools of New Russia✓Free
Vanguard Studies of Soviet Russia
Lucy Langdon Williams WilsonEnglish
1928The Profits of Religion✓Free — An Essay in Economic InterpretationUpton SinclairEnglish
1928The Remedy for Overproduction and Unemployment✓Hugo BilgramEnglish
1928The Shadowy ThingH. B. DrakeEnglish
1928The State✓ — Its Historyand Developed Viewed SociologicallyFranz OppenheimerEnglish
1928The State, Its History and Development Viewed Sociologically✓FreeFranz OppenheimerEnglish
1928Vanguard Studies of Soviet Russia✓ — (Edited by Jerome Davis)Jerome DavisNot recorded
1928-01-01What Is Socialism?✓FreeJessie Wallace HughanEnglish
1928What Is Socialism? By Jessie Wallace HughanFreeJessie Wallace HughanEnglish
1928What Philosophy Is✓Harold A. LarrabeeEnglish
1928Woman in Soviet Russia✓Free
Vanguard Studies of Soviet Russia
Jessica SmithEnglish
1928Women in Soviet RussiaFreeJessica SmithEnglish
1928Women in the Soviet RussiaJessica SmithNot recorded
1929"Farmer, Have You a Daughter Fair?"✓Free — A Traveling Salesman Meets the Mamselles from ArmentièresMike WallachEnglish
1929"Farmer, Have You a Daughter Fair?" a Traveling Salesman Meets the Mamselles from Armentières, by Mike Wallach✓FreeMike WallachEnglish
1929A Book of Tales✓Free — Being Some Myths of the North American IndiansCharles Erskine Scott WoodEnglish
1929A Great Love✓FreeAlexandra KollontaiEnglish, Russian
1929Black America✓FreeScott NearingEnglish
1929Cold Steel✓FreeMatthew Phipps ShielEnglish
1929Cold Steel, by M. P. Shiel✓FreeM. P. ShielEnglish
1929Dr. Krasinki's Secret, by M.P. Shiel✓FreeM. P. ShielEnglish
1929Dr. Krasinski's Secret✓FreeMatthew Phipps ShielEnglish
1929Evelyn✓ — Something More than a StoryJames Francis DwyerEnglish
1929Five Women on a Galley✓FreeSuzanne NormandEnglish
1929Heavenly DiscourseCharles Erskine Scott WoodEnglish
1929How Like a God✓Rex StoutEnglish
1929-01-01Imperialism✓ — The State and RevolutionVladimir Il’ich LeninEnglish
1929-01-01In the Reign of Rothstein✓FreeDonald Henderson ClarkeEnglish
1929John D.✓Free — A Portrait in OilsJohn K. WinklerEnglish
1929Louis Beretti✓ — A NovelDonald Henderson ClarkeEnglish
1929Love's Pilgrimage✓Free — A NovelUpton SinclairEnglish
1929Now and After✓ — The ABC of Communist AnarchismAlexander BerkmanEnglish
1929Pioneers of Freedom✓FreeMcAlister ColemanEnglish
1929-01-01Progress and Poverty✓FreeHenry GeorgeEnglish
1929Rattling the Cup on Chicago Crime✓FreeEdward Dean SullivanEnglish
1929Sold Out!✓Edward Dean SullivanEnglish
1929-01-01That Devil Wilkes✓FreeRaymond PostgateEnglish
1929The Devil WilkesR. W. PostgateEnglish
1929-01-01The Dissenting Opinions of Mr. Justice Holmes✓Free — Arranged, with Introductory NotesOliver Wendell Holmes Jr.English
1929The Dissenting Opinions of Mr. Justice Holmes by Dr. George W. KirchweyGeorge W. KirchweyEnglish
1929-01-01The Economic Organization of the Soviet UnionFreeJack Nearing Scott And HardyNot recorded
1929The Great French Revolution, 1789-1793Free — By P. a. Kropotkin. Translated from the French by N. F. DryhurstKropotkin, Petr Alekseevich, kniazʹEnglish
1929-01-01The Jungle✓FreeUpton SinclairEnglish
1929The Letters of Sacco and Vanzetti✓Nicola SaccoEnglish
1929The Perfect Baby✓FreeClaire MortonEnglish
1929The Perfect Baby, by Claire Morton, with a Foreword by Dr. Murray H. BassFreeClaire MortonEnglish
1929The Plays of Ferenc Molnar✓FreeFerenc MolnárEnglish
1929The Poet in the Desert✓FreeCharles Erskine Scott WoodEnglish
1929The Socialism of Our Times✓ — A SymposiumHarry Elmer BarnesEnglish
1929The Story of Al CaponeEdward D. SullivanNot recorded
1929-01-01The Twilight of Christianity✓FreeHarry Elmer BarnesEnglish
1929What Is Communist Anarchism?✓FreeAlexander BerkmanEnglish
1929-01-01Why We Fought✓FreeC. Hartley GrattanEnglish
1929Wings, the a B C of Flying, by W. Lockwood Marsh✓FreeW. Lockwood MarshEnglish
1930A Marriage to India✓FreeFrieda Mathilda Hauswirth DasEnglish
1930-01-01An East Side Epic✓Free — The Life and Work of Meyer LondonHillel RogoffEnglish
1930Chicago Surrenders✓FreeEdward Dean SullivanEnglish
1930Chicago Surrenders Edward Dean SullivanFree — A Sequel to "Rattling the Cup on Chicago Crime".9 250Edward Dean SullivanEnglish
1930Dark Power✓FreeElisabeth Sanxay HoldingEnglish
1930Dog Lane✓Free — Translated from the Russian by N.R. WredenLev Ivanovich GumilevskiǐEnglish
1930Ex-"it"✓FreeEdward Dean SullivanEnglish
1930Grim Youth, by John Held, Jr., with Illustrations by the Author✓FreeJohn HeldEnglish
1930I'll Tell My Big Brother✓FreeEdward Dean SullivanEnglish
1930John Held, Jr.'s Dog Stories✓John HeldEnglish
1930Liberty Under the Soviets✓
Vanguard Studies of Soviet Russia
Roger Nash BaldwinEnglish
1930-01-01Morgan the Magnificent✓Free — The Life of J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913)John K. WinklerEnglish
1930Morgan the Magnificent, the Life of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1837-1913, by John K. Winkler✓John Kennedy WinklerEnglish
1930Morgan the Magnificient✓ — The Life of J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913)John Kennedy WinklerEnglish
1930O Splendid Sorcery✓FreeJames Francis DwyerEnglish