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Abrams Books
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Parent company La Martinière
Founded 1949
Founder Harry N. Abrams
Country of origin United States
Headquarters location New York, NY
Distribution Hachette Book Group USA
Key people Michael Jacobs, President, CEO
Publication types Books
Imprints Abrams Image, Amulet, Stewart, Tabori & Chang
Official website www.abramsbooks.com

Abrams, formerly Harry N. Abrams, Inc. (HNA), is an American publisher of high-quality art and illustrated books, and the enterprise is a subsidiary of the French publisher La Martinière Groupe. Run by President and CEO Michael Jacobs, Abrams publishes and distributes approximately 250 titles annually and has more than 2,000 titles in print. Abrams also distributes publications for the Victoria and Albert Museum, Tate, Royal Academy, Vendome Press (in North America), Booth Clibborn Editions, Other Criteria, and 5 Continents.

Abrams publishes the following imprints:

Founded by Harry N. Abrams in 1949, Abrams was the first company in the United States to specialize in the creation and distribution of art books. Times Mirror acquired the company in 1966, and Harry Abrams retired in 1977. For many years, the company was under the direction of Paul Gottlieb (publisher), until January 2001, eighteen months before his death. Abrams had been acquired by La Martinière Groupe in 1997.

Abrams Books publishes illustrated books on the subjects of art, architecture, photography, graphic design, interior and garden design, fashion, music, comic arts and graphic novels, and sports. The Abrams imprint is under the direction of Vice President and Editor-in-Chief Eric Himmel and Senior Vice President and Publisher Steven Tager. Books published by this imprint includes Himalayas,The Art of Walt Disney,Norman Rockwell's Christmas, Gnomes,Faeries,Man's Best Friend,Avedon: Performance,Vanity Fair: The Portraits,Rolling Stone: 1,000 Covers, Andy Goldsworthy: A Collaboration with Nature, The Diary of Frida Kahlo,Earth from Above,Twilight, Tiffany Style, Textile Designs, Slim Aarons: Once Upon a Time, Tim Flach: Equus, Dogs Gods, Graffiti World, Mom's Cancer, Worldchanging: A User's Guide for the 21st Century, and R. Crumb's Heroes of Blues; Jazz & Country, Art Deco Architecture: Design, Decoration and Detail from the Twenties and Thirties, as well the bestselling "365" and "Discoveries" series. In Spring 2009, Abrams launched a sub-imprint devoted to comics and graphic novels, Abrams ComicArts. In addition to its own titles, Abrams distributes books for the Victoria and Albert Museum, Tate, Royal Academy, Vendome Press, Booth Clibborn Editions, Other Criteria, and 5 Continents. Abrams will be publishing these books in Spring 2013: The Steadfast Tin Soldier by Cynthia Rylant, illus. by Jen Corace, a new version of the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale; The Museum by Susan Verde, illus. by Peter H. Reynolds, a picture book that celebrates visiting the museum; How to Be a Cat by Nikki McClure, in which a kitten learns all things feline; Henry's Hand by Ross MacDonald, starring two best friends: a monster, and his right hand; and Barbed Wire Baseball by Marissa Moss, illus. by Yuko Shimizu, the true story of how Kenichi Zenimura introduced the game of baseball to Japanese internment camps during World War II.


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