Harvill Press Ltd was established by 1946 as a publishers with its head offices in London, England, publishing a range of fiction and non-fiction books. By 1976 , the company was a non-trading imprint of William Collins, Sons & Co Ltd , publishers, Glasgow, Scotland, with a share capital of å£2,000. In 1989 , William Collins Sons & Co Ltd merged with the American publishers Harper & Row to form HarperCollins. Harvill Press became a subsidiary of Harper Collins Publishing Ltd , before changing its name to HCP (HP) Ltd in 1995. It was dissolved in 1996 . Around this time there was a management buy-out of Harvill Press Ltd and this firm was later acquired by Random House Group Ltd, publishers, London.
From the guide to the Records of Harvill Press Ltd, publishers, London, England, 1946-1979, (Glasgow University Archives Service)
