Gollancz is a major British book publishing house of the twentieth century. It was founded in 1927 by Victor Gollancz (1893 - 1967) and specialised in the publication of high quality literature and popular fiction, including science fiction. It was first to publish many famous authors and their books including
Many of Gollancz's books were published in one of their familiar house dust jackets, of which the most famous was bright yellow, with the title and author rendered in a vibrant, bold typography.
Victor Gollancz, the son of Alexander Gollancz, a prosperous wholesale jeweller, was born in London in 1893.
Gollancz became a strong supporter of William Wedgwood Benn, the Liberal MP for Leith.
Gollancz was approached by a group of Labour MPs that included Stafford Cripps, Aneurin Bevan, George Strauss and Ellen Wilkinson and it was agreed to start publishing Tribune.
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