Knopf

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/ knɒpf /

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noun

Alfred A(braham), 1892–1984, U.S. publisher.

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Her latest work is the first author-translated book ever published by Knopf, which credits it with signaling “a bold shift of style and sensibility.”
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Knopf has sold more than 400,000 copies, and the book has never been out of print in hardcover or paperback.
‘The Power Broker’ Turns 40: How Robert Caro Wrote a Masterpiece|Scott Porch|September 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
At the start of his book tour, we met in the offices of his publisher, Knopf.
The Book of B.J. Novak: An Absurdist, Scathingly Funny Literary Debut|Caryn James|February 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Reprinted by permission of Pantheon Books, an imprint of The Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, a division of Random House LLC.
Ahdaf Soueif’s Cairo: Remembering A City Wracked By The Arab Spring|Ahdaf Soueif|January 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, & the Prison of Belief by Lawrence Wright, Alfred A. Knopf/Random House.
The National Book Awards Longlist for Nonfiction||September 18, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Book of Ages: The Life and Opinions of Jane Franklin by Jill Lepore, Alfred A. Knopf/Random House.
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Knopf left on furlough December 9th, but sickness prevented him from returning at its expiration.
History of Company E of the Sixth Minnesota Regiment of Volunteer Infantry|Alfred J. Hill
Its evidence is used in a small edition of the epistle by R. Knopf (Leipzig, 1899).
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4|Various
I sleep on the second floor, in the front of the house, and this is the first I have heard of poor Mr. Knopf's loss—'
The Old Man in the Corner|Baroness Orczy
He himself had been in Mr. Knopf's employ over fifteen years, and was his only indoor servant.
The Old Man in the Corner|Baroness Orczy
Mr. Knopf took them round to the police-station himself immediately, and identified the stones as some of his Parisian ones.
The Old Man in the Corner|Baroness Orczy