Vintage Books is a trade paperback publishing imprint of Penguin Random House originally established by Alfred A. Knopf in 1954. The company was acquired by Random House in April 1960, and a British division was set up in 1990. After Random House merged with Bantam Doubleday Dell, Doubleday's Anchor Books trade paperback line was added to the same division as Vintage. Following Random House's merger with Penguin, Vintage was transferred to Penguin UK. In addition to publishing classic and contemporary works in paperback under the Vintage brand, the imprint also oversees the sub-imprints Bodley Head, Jonathan Cape, Chatto and Windus, Harvill Secker, Hogarth Press, Square Peg, and Yellow Jersey. Vintage began publishing some titles in the mass-market paperback format in 2003. Notable authors William Faulkner Vladimir Nabokov Cormac McCarthy Albert Camus Ralph Ellison Dashiell Hammett William Styron Philip Roth Toni Morrison Dave Eggers Robert Caro Haruki Murakami Gabriel Garcia Marquez James Ellroy First editions Vintage Books have "First Edition" printed on the copyright page with a '1' that is present. References External links Doubleday, Vintage Team with Production Company on New Imprint Vintage Books Vintage Books UK Publishing history timeline Book publishing companies based in New York (state) Companies based in New York City Random House Publishing companies established in 1954 1960 mergers and acquisitions