Robert M. McBride

Robert M. McBride
Robert M. McBride, 1937
Born	Aug. 24, 1879 McKeesport, Pennsylvania
Died	April 10, 1970 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Nationality	US
Occupation	publisher
Known for	publishing Frank Buck and James Branch Cabell
Awards	Order of the White Lion 4th class from Czechoslovakia (1932)

Robert Medill McBride (August 24, 1879 in McKeesport, Pennsylvania – April 10, 1970 in Philadelphia) was the publisher of James Branch Cabell and the later books of Frank Buck.

Robert Medill McBride was the son of the Reverend Dr. Samuel and Wilhelmina (Medill) McBride. Reverend Samuel McBride was president of the American Bible Union. Robert was educated in public schools.

McBride started in publishing at Country Life in America. He founded Yachting magazine in 1907; took over House and Garden in 1908, Travel, 1910; Lippincott's Monthly Magazine, 1914. He was a partner of Condé Montrose Nast in McBride, Nast & Co. After McBride and Nast separated, they remained on good terms, and McBride attended the wedding of Nast's son, Charles Coudert Nast, in 1928.

McBride began book publishing 1912, and founded a London publishing house in 1915. Among the books he published were the later works of Frank Buck, including Buck's autobiography, All In A Lifetime. In 1926 McBride published Thorne Smith's novel Topper, which was the basis for the 1937 screwball comedy Topper (film) directed by Norman Z. McLeod. McBride also published a series of travel books which he himself had written, some under the pen name Robert Medill or Marshall Reid. His name appeared frequently in the society columns of the New York Times during the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s. He was a member of The Players Club and the Dutch Treat Club.