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Farrar & Rinehart

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Farrar & Rinehart
Company typePrivate
IndustryPublishing
FoundedJune 1929; 97 years ago (1929-06)
FounderJohn C. Farrar, Stanley M. Rinehart, Jr., Frederick R. Rinehart
Defunct1946 (1946)
FateRebranded as Rinehart & Company after John C. Farrar's departure
Headquarters
New York
,
United States
ProductsBooks (nonfiction and fiction)

Farrar & Rinehart operated as an American publishing firm from 1929 until 1946, headquartered in New York. The company gained recognition for its diverse catalog, which included both nonfiction and fiction works. Among its notable achievements were the influential Rivers of America Series and the initial ten novels featuring Nero Wolfe by Rex Stout. In 1943, the firm was honored with the first-ever Carey-Thomas Award for innovative publishing by Publishers Weekly.

History

Established in June 1929 by John C. Farrar (vice president) alongside brothers Stanley M. Rinehart, Jr. (president) and Frederick R. Rinehart, Farrar & Rinehart was formed following their departure from the large Doubleday, Doran company. Stanley and Frederick were sons of the bestselling mystery writer Mary Roberts Rinehart, whose literary works became a cornerstone for the new publishing house.

John C. Farrar prioritized maintaining a company size that allowed all partners to engage personally with every publication: "We will never grow so large that all members of the firm cannot read and be interested in any book we publish." The enterprise sought to merge journalistic efficiency with refined literary standards.

Their initial marketing campaign promoted Speculation: The Wall Street Gamebook, launched in October 1929 amid the stock market collapse; however, this title did not achieve commercial success.

In 1931, the acquisition of Cosmopolitan Book Corporation from Hearst significantly enhanced Farrar & Rinehart’s market presence. The company rose to become one of the leading publishers of its time, producing bestsellers such as Hervey Allen's Anthony Adverse (1933), which surpassed two million hardcover sales.

The 1943 Carey-Thomas Award acknowledged Farrar & Rinehart’s pioneering publishing style exemplified by seven volumes from the Rivers of America Series, celebrated for its blend of editorial innovation and effective marketing.

Following John C. Farrar’s departure in 1946 to co-found what evolved into Farrar, Straus & Giroux, Farrar & Rinehart was rebranded as Rinehart & Company.

Authors

The years listed represent the earliest and latest known periods during which these authors were affiliated with Farrar & Rinehart. 


*Laetitia McDonald(34)  
*Marguerite McIntire(42)  
*George Mackaness(31)  
*[Archibald MacLeish](36-37)  
*Helene Magaret(40)  
*Pierre Marcelin and
P Phillippe Thoby-Marcelin(44)  
*[Ludwig Marcuse](33)  
*[Groucho Marx](30)  
*Paul Wilhelm Massing(35)  
*[Cecile Hulse Matschat](38-44)  
*[Beatrice Burton Morgan](33)  
*Nigel Morland(38)  
*John Nicol(36)  
*[Kenyon Nicholson] and 
[Charles Robinson](33)  
*[Blair Niles](39)  
*[Charles Norris](35)  
*[Otto Nuckel](30)  
*[Fulton Oursler](37-43)  
*Elizabeth Page(30-39)  
*W.T. Palmer(32)  
*Forbes Parkhill(45)  
*Innis Patterson(30)  
*Melville Davisson Post(30)  
*[Ezra Pound](33-37)  
*[Dawn Powell](29-38)  
*John Hyde Preston(30)  
*Henry F. Pringle(39)  
*Fred Puleston(30)  
*[Terence Rattigan](38)  
*[J.B. Rhine](34-37)  
*[Mary Roberts Rinehart] 29-46
*Selma Robinson(31)

*[Andy Rooney]44-46

Thomas Rourke 31-33

Robert Rylee 35-37

[Margaret Sanger]31

[Malcolm Saville]45

[Mark Saxton]39-43

Leo W. Schwarz 33-43

[Upton Sinclair]31-38

William Sloane 37

[Floyd Benjamin Streeter]41

[D.E. Stevenson]39

[Phil Stong]37-42

[Rex Stout]33-44

William L. Stuart 45

Ruth Suckow 34-42

[Frank Swinnerton]34

[Arthur Benson Tourtellot]41

[Thomas Frederic Tweed]33

[Stanley Vestal]45

Frank Waters 41-42

Francis Walton 35-45

[Lynd Ward]30

[Alec Waugh]41

[Evelyn Waugh]32-34

[Frederick Way Jr.]42-43

Garnett Weston 33

[E.B. White]31

[Margaret Widdemer]30-45

Fredric Wight 35-37

[Harry Emerson Wildes]43

[Christa Winsloe]33

[Cornell Woolrich]45

[Austin Tappan Wright]42

[Philip Wylie]31-44

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