The London business developed out of the Bible Warehouse established to distribute Oxford Bibles, prayer books and, increasingly, academic and educational titles through London book distribution systems. Under the leadership of Henry Frowde and Humphrey Milford, the London business expanded its own publishing list significantly, acquiring the Worlds' Classics and Home University Library series, becoming the distributor for a great number of American university presses, and instigating the publishing of children's books, medical textbooks, music, and schoolbooks for English language teaching. The London business managed the promotion and distribution of Press books within the UK from Amen Corner and later from a purpose-built warehouse in Neasden, and throughout the world from a growing network of international branches. The chapter considers the impact of two world wars, changes in the London book trade, and computerization upon the London business, and assesses the growing tension between London and Oxford in the 1960s.
