the expansion of one of the outstanding children's books lists in modern publishing. The imprint was still important in the 1970s when it was drawn into the Jonathan Cape/Chatto & Windus group. The firm was sold to Random House in 1987, who published children's books under The Bodley Head name until 2008. The archives of The Bodley Head Ltd are kept at Reading University. Relaunch The Bodley Head imprint was relaunched by Random House as an adult imprint in April 2008. Its two principal strands are stated to be books "of scholarship in both the humanities and sciences", and books which "contribute to the intellectual and cultural climate of our times". See also :Category:The Bodley Head books Max Reinhardt Books in the United Kingdom Bibliography Stetz, Margaret; Lasner, Mark Samuels (1990). England in the 1890s: Literary Publishing at the Bodley Head. Georgetown Univ Press. . J. W. Lambert and Michael Ratcliffe The Bodley Head 1887–1987. The story of John Lane, Allen Lane, Unwin and Max Reinhardt and their links with Bodley Head. . References External links Archives of the Bodley Head Ltd at Reading University Book publishing companies of the United Kingdom Random House Publishing companies established in 1887 1887 establishments in England British companies established in 1887