Princeton University Press
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Princeton University Press is an independent publisher with close connections to Princeton University. Its mission is to disseminate scholarship within academia and society at large.
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Founded | 1905; 119 years ago (1905) |
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Founder | Whitney Darrow |
Country of origin | United States |
Headquarters location | Princeton, New Jersey |
Distribution | Ingram Publisher Services (Americas, Asia, Australia) John Wiley & Sons (EMEA, India) United Publishers Services (Japan)[1] |
Publication types | Books |
Official website | press |
Princeton University Press | |
Location | 41 William Street, Princeton, New Jersey |
Coordinates | 40°20′59.8″N 74°39′13.3″W |
Built | 1911 |
Architect | Ernest Flagg |
Architectural style | Collegiate Gothic |
Part of | Princeton Historic District (ID75001143) |
Added to NRHP | 27 June 1975 |
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The press was founded by Whitney Darrow, with the financial support of Charles Scribner, as a printing press to serve the Princeton community in 1905.[2] Its distinctive building was constructed in 1911 on William Street in Princeton.[3] Its first book was a new 1912 edition of John Witherspoon's Lectures on Moral Philosophy.[4]