J. B. Lippincott & Co. was an American publishing house founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1836 by Joshua Ballinger Lippincott.
From descendants of members of the Religious Society of Friends, Joshua Lippincott's company began selling a line of Bibles, prayer books and other religious works then successfully expanded into trade books which became the largest portion of the business. In 1849, Lippincott acquired Grigg, Elliot & Co., a major ...
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J. B. Lippincott & Co. was an American publishing house founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1836 by Joshua Ballinger Lippincott.
From descendants of members of the Religious Society of Friends, Joshua Lippincott's company began selling a line of Bibles, prayer books and other religious works then successfully expanded into trade books which became the largest portion of the business. In 1849, Lippincott acquired Grigg, Elliot & Co., a major book distribution company whose origins dated back to bookstall operators Benjamin Warner and Jacob Johnson in 1792. The acquisition helped make the company one of the largest publishers in the United States. In the 1950s the company began producing a successful line of medical and nursing books and journals.
On Joshua Lippincott's death in 1886 his son Craige Lippincott took over as president. He committed suicide in 1911 and was replaced by J. Bertram Lippincott. Bertram married Joanna Wharton, daughter of the founder of the Wharton School...
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