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'''Sheed and Ward''' was a publishing house founded in London in 1926 by Catholic activists [[Frank Sheed]] and [[Maisie Ward]]. The head office was moved to New York in 1933. In 1973, Sheed and Ward was acquired by the [[Universal Press Syndicate]]; the company was used as the base of the publisher [[Andrews McMeel Publishing|Andrews McMeel]].<ref>{{Cite book| publisher = Gale Research Company| isbn = 0-8103-1724-9| volume = 46| pages = [https://archive.org/details/americanliterary0046unse/page/337 337–339]| editors editor1= Peter Dzwonkoski (ed.)| last = Stevens| first = Annie E.| title = American literary publishing houses, 1900-1980. edited by Peter Dzwonkoski.| chapter = Sheed and Ward| location = Detroit, Mich.| series = Dictionary of literary biography| date = 1986| url = https://archive.org/details/americanliterary0046unse/page/337}}</ref> The Sheed and Ward name and backlist were later divested.<ref>{{Cite book| publisher = Transaction Publishers| isbn = 978-1-4128-3251-9| pages = 41–47| editors editor1= Everette E. Dennis, |editor2=Craig L. LaMay, |editor3=Edward C. Pease (eds.)| last = McMeel| first = John P.| title = Publishing Books| chapter = A Voice from the Heartland - Alive and Well, Thank You| date = 1997-01-01}}</ref> The company was owned by the [[National Catholic Reporter]] from 1986 to 1998, when it was sold to the [[Priests of the Sacred Heart]].<ref>{{Cite web| title = Inside NCR: Sheed & Ward, Credence Cassettes sold| accessdate = 2018-03-31| url = http://www.natcath.org/NCR_Online/archives2/1998b/050898/050898b.htm}}</ref> The United States assets were acquired by [[Rowman & Littlefield]] in 2002, and the United Kingdom assets by the [[Continuum International Publishing Group]],<ref>Jim Milliot, "[http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/print/20020715/18122-rowman-amp-littlefield-buys-sheed-amp-ward.html Rowman & Littlefield Buys Sheed & Ward]", ''[[Publishers Weekly]]'', July 15, 2002.</ref> which has since been subsumed into [[Bloomsbury Publishing]].
The house published a number of major [[Catholic literary figures]] of the Interbellum and mid-twentieth century, including [[G. K. Chesterton]], [[Hilaire Belloc]], [[Christopher Dawson]], [[Vincent McNabb]], [[Ronald Knox]] and [[Etienne Gilson]].
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[[Category:Book publishing companies based in New York (state)]]
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