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Biography - Pan/Ballantine 
UK
Ballantine Books, Inc. (UK) - which May have Occurred through An Oversight - and Ballantine Books, Ltd. (also (UK)) existed only Very Briefly, from ~1968 or '69 through Approx. 1970 or '71, being Closed Down by, or in the Wake of the "intext" Fiasco, and the Office Stock being given to derek stokes' "dark they were and golden-eyed" just around A Couple of Corners on Berwick Street, in Soho.
Pan Books Ltd. Distributed both demi-incarnations' Titles to the Trade Throughout the UK, and in Traditional English Publishers' Territories (British ex-empire/commonwealth) - but Not Canada, where the Merkin Editions were Distributed - And where the Relevant Rights were Held by Ballantine, and if Anybody bothered to Order them; And in the "Open Market Territories" - Again, if Anyone bothered to Order Any of Them from Pan Books Ltd, their Local Subsidiary or Agents.
- after the closure of Ballantine Books Ltd, Pan Books Ltd. Took Over remaining Warehouse Stocks, and Continued not Only to Distribute them, but Also to Publish Some Further Titles as "Pan/Ballantine" - but This had no Independent Existence: these Books were All Published by Pan Books Ltd.
this arrangement ceased ~1973, when the then-RCA Corp.-owned Random House, Inc, bought Ballantine Books, Inc. (Merkia) from the wreck of intext, and set up their own arrangements with Futura Publishing Ltd.
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UKBallantine Books, Inc. (UK) - which May have Occurred through An Oversight - and Ballantine Books, Ltd. (also (UK)) existed only Very Briefly, from ~1968 or '69 through Approx. 1970 or '71, being Closed Down by, or in the Wake of the "intext" Fiasco, and the Office Stock being given to derek stokes' "dark they were and golden-eyed" just around A Couple of Corners on Berwick Street, in Soho.
Pan Books Ltd. Distributed both demi-incarnations' Titles to the Trade Throughout the UK, and in Traditional English Publishers' Territories (British ex-empire/commonwealth) - but Not Canada, where the Merkin Editions were Distributed - And where the Relevant Rights were Held by Ballantine, and if Anybody bothered to Order them; And in the "Open Market Territories" - Again, if Anyone bothered to Order Any of Them from Pan Books Ltd, their Local Subsidiary or Agents.
- after the closure of Ballantine Books Ltd, Pan Books Ltd. Took Over remaining Warehouse Stocks, and Continued not Only to Distribute them, but Also to Publish Some Further Titles as "Pan/Ballantine" - but This had no Independent Existence: these Books were All Published by Pan Books Ltd.
this arrangement ceased ~1973, when the then-RCA Corp.-owned Random House, Inc, bought Ballantine Books, Inc. (Merkia) from the wreck of intext, and set up their own arrangements with Futura Publishing Ltd.
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