Frederick A. Stokes
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Frederick Abbott Stokes (November 4, 1857 – November 15, 1939) was an American publisher, founder and long-time head of the eponymous Frederick A. Stokes Company.[1][2]
Biography
Stokes graduated from Yale Law School in 1879. He worked at Dodd, Mead and Company for a year and in 1881 established White & Stokes, a partnership that became the Frederick A. Stokes Company in 1890. The Stokes businesses published more than 3,000 books in his 58 years, 1881 to 1939.[1]
Stokes published established writers such as Frances Hodgson Burnett, Frank Buck, and Stephen Crane. He also published beginning writers such as James Branch Cabell, Maria Montessori, and Percival Wren. Best sellers included: The Story of Ferdinand, On Jungle Trails, Doctor Dolittle, When Worlds Collide, Guys and Dolls, and The Story of Little Black Sambo.[2] Stokes was also known for publishing high quality art and children's books, such as "The Glue Series", a popular 17-volume series beginning with The House That Glue Built in 1905.[3]
Stokes was an opponent of the new Book Clubs of the 1920s, and of modern advertising methods such as billboards and radio ads.
Stokes died in 1939, at age 82, in his home at 344 West 72nd Street, Manhattan.[1][2] Many prominent people from the book industry attended his funeral service at the Church of the Incarnation (Episcopal). He was buried at Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn.[4]
Stokes left the publishing company to his sons Horace Winston and Frederick Brett, who were then the company treasurer and secretary.[2] J. B. Lippincott acquired it in 1943.
Authors
Authors' names are followed by dates of their known association with Frederick A. Stokes.
Writers
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Illustrators
- Joseph M. Gleeson, c. 1893Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".[8]
- Maria Louise Kirk, 1904–1927[9]
- George Alfred Williams, 1905–1926[3]
Book series
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See also
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- Pocket Magazine, published by Stokes
References
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- ↑ a b c "F. A. Stokes, 82, Book Publisher 58 Years, Dies". New York Herald Tribune. November 17, 1939. p. 18.
- ↑ a b c d "F. A. Stokes Dead; Book Publisher, 82."The New York Times. November 17, 1939. p. 21.
- ↑ a b c d Jackson, C. D. (2010). "From the Collection: With Paper and Glue: Building the Commercial Success of an Arts and Crafts Toy". Winterthur Portfolio 44 (4): 351–386. Script error: No such module "CS1 identifiers"..
- ↑ "Many Publishers at F. A. Stokes Rites". The New York Times. November 19, 1939. p. 38.
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- ↑ Scribner's Magazine. Vol. XIV, July–December 1893. Charles Scribner's Sons. p. 18. [1]
- ↑ Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (New York: Frederick A. Stokes Co., 1904); Lucy Maud Montgomery, Emily's Quest (New York: Frederick A. Stokes Co., 1927)
- ↑ a b c d George Thomas Kurian, The Directory of American Book Publishing: From Founding Fathers to Today's Conglomerates, New York: Simon and Schuster, 1975, p. 40. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
- ↑ se:The glue series, worldcat.org. Retrieved 17 March 2025.
- ↑ The Glue Series (Frederick A. Stokes), publishinghistory.com. Retrieved 20 March 2025.
- ↑ se:Nations of the Modern World, worldcat.org. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
- ↑ Nautilus Library, seriesofseries.com. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
- ↑ Rescue Series, seriesofseries.com. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
- ↑ "Twentieth Century Series" + Frederick A Stokes, worldcat.org. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
- ↑ Vignette Edition, seriesofseries.com. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
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Further reading
- Frederick A. Stokes Company, The House of Stokes, 1881–1926: A Record, New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1926.
External links
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- Frederick A. Stokes Company at LC Authorities, 91 records
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