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Obelisk Press
Logo: Marc-AntoineV, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons3
English-language publisher based in Paris
Obelisk Press was an English-language press based in Paris, founded by British publisher Jack Kahane in 1929. Manchester-born novelist Kahane began the Obelisk Press after his publisher, Grant Richards, went bankrupt. Going into partnership with a printer — Herbert Clarke, owner of Imprimerie Vendôme — Kahane, as "Cecil Barr", published his next novel Daffodil under his own imprint in 1931.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
Overview
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Obelisk Press was an English-language press based in Paris, founded by British publisher Jack Kahane in 1929.2
Timeline
- 1929Founded Founded1
Links
- WikipediaObelisk Press
- WikidataQ3347927
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- 1WikidataObelisk Press on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaObelisk Press on Wikipedia
- 3Wikimedia CommonsObelisk Press logo by Marc-AntoineV, CC BY-SA 4.0