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Publisher: Holt, Rinehart and Winston
Years in Operation: 1960 - 1985
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Country: Flag United States Web Site: Brands: 1 Indicia Publishers: 3 Series: 112 Printings: 211 (147 Issues) Disclose Notes: Founded in 1866 by Henry Holt and Frederick Leypoldt, Henry Holt and Co. merged in 1960 with Rinehart & Company and the John C. Winston Company to become Holt, Rinehart and Winston. In 1985 the retail publishing arm along with the Henry Holt and Co. name was sold to the Georg von Holtzbrinck Publishing Group, which has retained Holt as a subsidiary of its Macmillan Publishers, publishing under its original name (2013). Some book titles published pre-1985 may change publishers with subsequent printings.   Does this data need corrections? Become an editor.
Series Name Years in Print Issues (Printings)
Adelante, Charlie Brown {Comic Books} 1971 - 1
And That's My Final Offer! (A Doonesbury Book) {Trade Paperbacks} 1980 - 1985 1
"Any Grooming Hints for Your Fans, Rollie?" (A Doonesbury Book) {Trade Paperbacks} 1978 - 1 (3)
As the Kid Goes for Broke {Comic Books} 1977 - ? 1
As the Kid Goes for Broke (A Doonesbury Book) {Trade Paperbacks} Disclose
Note: Continued from Especially Tricky People, An (A Doonesbury Book)(Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1977 series) #[nn]. Continues in Stalking the Perfect Tan (A Doonesbury Book) (Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1978 series) #[nn]. First printing 1977. Later printings, format changes to 6⅛” × 8¼” paperbacks, with new cover art, subtitled A Doonesbury Classic. Later printings of that format would be published under the Owl Books imprint.
1977 - 1985 2 (4)
As You Like It, Charlie Brown {Comic Books} 1964 - ? 1
As You Like It, Charlie Brown {Comic Books} 1964 - 1
Ask for May, Settle for June (A Doonesbury Book) {Trade Paperbacks} Disclose
Note: Continued from In Search of Reagan's Brain (A Doonesbury Book)(Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1981 series) #[nn]. Continues in Unfortunately, She Was Also Wired for Sound (A Doonesbury Book) (Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1982 series) #[nn].
1982 - 1985 1
The Best of Beetle Bailey {Comic Books} 1984 - 1
The Best of Ernie Bushmiller's Nancy {Comic Books} 1988 - 1
The Best of Li'l Abner {Comic Books} 1978 - 1
The Best of Li'l Abner {Comic Books} 1978 - 1
Big League Peanuts {Comic Books} 1985 - 1
But This War Had Such Promise (A Doonesbury Book) {Trade Paperbacks} Disclose
Note: Originally published June, 1973. Later printings, format changes to 6⅛” × 8¼” paperbacks, with new cover art, subtitled A Doonesbury Classic. Later printings of that format would be published under the Owl Books imprint. Repackaged as two mass paperback titles from Popular Library: Bravo for Life's Little Ironies and I Have No Son. Reprints 124 daily newspaper comics strips originally published between December 27th 1971 and June 27th 1972. Story continued from The President Is a Lot Smarter Than You Think (A Doonesbury Book)(Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1973 series) #[nn]. Continues in Call Me When You Find America (Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1973 series) #[nn].
1973 - 1985 2 (8)
But We Love You, Charlie Brown {Trade Paperbacks} 1959 - 1
But We Love You, Charlie Brown {Comic Books} 1967 - 1
Call Me When You Find America (A Doonesbury Book) {Trade Paperbacks} Disclose
Note: Continued from But This War Had Such Promise (A Doonesbury Book)(Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1973 series) #[nn]. Continues in Guilty! Guilty! Guilty! (A Doonesbury Book)(Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1974 series) #[nn]. First Published October 1973. Second Printing March 1974. Third Printing May 1974. Fourth Printing September 1974. Fifth Printing April 1975. Later printings, format changes to 6⅛” × 8¼” paperbacks, with new cover art, subtitled A Doonesbury Classic. Later printings of that format would be published under the Owl Books imprint.
1973 - 1985 2 (7)
Check Your Egos at the Door (A Doonesbury Book) {Trade Paperbacks} Disclose
Note: Continued from You Give Great Meeting, Sid (A Doonesbury Book) (Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1983 series) #[nn]. Continues in That’s Doctor Sinatra, You Little Bimbo! (A Doonesbury Book) (Henry Holt and Co., 1986 series) #[nn]. Doonesbury strip continuing after a 22 month hiatus.
1985 - 1
Classroom Peanuts {Comic Books} 1982 - 1
Dare to Be Great, Ms. Caucus (A Doonesbury Book) {Trade Paperbacks} Disclose
Note: Continued from “What Do We Have for the Witnesses, Johnnie?” (A Doonesbury Book)(Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1975 series) #[nn]. Continues in Wouldn’t a Gremlin Have Been More Sensible? (A Doonesbury Book) (Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1975 series) #[nn]. First printing 1975. Later printings, format changes to 6⅛” × 8¼” paperbacks, with new cover art, subtitled A Doonesbury Classic. Later printings of that format would be published under the Owl Books imprint.
1975 - 1975 2 (4)
The Doonesbury Chronicles {Comic Books} 1975 - 1978 1
The Doonesbury Chronicles {Comic Books} 1975 - 1 (12)
Doonesbury Dossier The Reagan Years {Trade Paperbacks} Disclose
Note: A hardcover edition also exists.
1984 - 1984 2 (4)
Doonesbury Dossier: The Reagan Years {Comic Books} 1984 - 1 (0)
Doonesbury's Greatest Hits {Hardcovers} Disclose
Note: Doonesbury strip reprints.
1978 - 1
Doonesbury’s Greatest Hits {Comic Books} 1978 - 1 (6)
Eres Increíble, Charlie Brown {Comic Books} 1972 - 1
An Especially Tricky People (A Doonesbury Book) {Trade Paperbacks} Disclose
Note: Continued from You're Never Too Old For Nuts And Berries (A Doonesbury Book)(Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1976 series) #[nn]. Continues in As the Kid Goes for Broke (A Doonesbury Book) (Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1977 series) #[nn]. First printing June, 1977. Later printings, format changes to 6⅛” × 8¼” paperbacks, with new cover art, subtitled A Doonesbury Classic. Later printings of that format would be published under the Owl Books imprint.
1977 - 1985 1 (4)
Estás Perdido, Charlie Brown {Comic Books} 1974 - 1
Ferd'nand {Comic Books} 1957 - 1
Frank and Ernest: Batteries Not Included {Trade Paperbacks} 1983 - 1
Go Fly a Kite, Charlie Brown {Trade Paperbacks} 1960 - 1
Go Fly a Kite, Charlie Brown {Comic Books} 1960 - 1
Go Fly a Kite, Charlie Brown / Snoopy {Hardcovers} Disclose
Note: Flip-book format reprinting of the Holt, Rinehart and Winston books "Go Fly a Kite, Charlie Brown" and "Snoopy". This book appears to be part of THE WORLD OF CHARLIE BROWN: A Mattel Book Set, a nine-book boxed set of Peanuts collected editions.
1970 - 1970 1
Good Grief, More Peanuts {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Reprints the same Sunday Peanuts comic strips as the other edition of Good Grief, More Peanuts, but in a horizontal format. This allowed the inclusion of the entire title panel for each strip rather than a cropped version that eliminated the Peanuts logo. The indicia includes copyright dates for the strips reprinted (1952-1956) but not for the book itself.
1957 - ? 1
Good Grief, More Peanuts! {Comic Books} 1957 - 1
Good Ol' Charlie Brown {Comic Books} 1957 - ? 1
The Greatest Shoe on Earth {Comic Books} 1985 - 1 (0)
Guilty, Guilty, Guilty! (A Doonesbury Book) {Trade Paperbacks} Disclose
Note: Continued from Call Me When You Find America (A Doonesbury Book)(Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1973 series) #[nn]. Continues in “What Do We Have For The Witnesses, Johnnie?" (A Doonesbury Book) (Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1975 series) #[nn]. First Printing June 1974. Second Printing August 1974. Third Printing April 1975. Later printings, format changes to 6⅛” × 8¼” paperbacks, with new cover art, subtitled A Doonesbury Classic. Later printings of that format would be published under the Owl Books imprint.
1974 - 1985 2 (4)
He's Never Heard of You, Either (A Doonesbury Book) {Trade Paperbacks} Disclose
Note: First printing 1981. Other printings may exist. From Wikipedia: republished as "Adjectives Will Cost You Extra" and "Gotta Run, My Government Is Collapsing".
1981 - 1985 1 (2)
In Search of Reagan's Brain (A Doonesbury Book) {Trade Paperbacks} Disclose
Note: Continued from He’s Never Heard of You, Either (A Doonesbury Book)(Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1981 series) #[nn]. Continues in Ask for May, Settle for June (A Doonesbury Book) (Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1982 series) #[nn]. First printing 1981. Another printing in 1993. Doonesbury comic strip reprints.
1981 - 1985 1 (2)
L'increvable Charlie Brown {Comic Books} 1971 - ? 1
It's a Dog's Life, Charlie Brown {Comic Books} 1962 - 1966 1
Medium Rare: Cartoons {Comic Books} 1978 - 1978 1
More Peanuts {Comic Books} 1954 - 1968 1
Murray the K Tells It Like It Is, Baby {Comic Books} 1966 - 1
The Official I Hate Cats Book {Comic Books} 1980 - ? 1 (2)
On With the Shoe! {Trade Paperbacks} 1982 - 1
Peanuts {Trade Paperbacks} 1952 - 1
Peanuts Classics {Hardcovers} Disclose
Note: Not part of other "Peanuts Classics" books published later.
1970 - 1
Peanuts Every Sunday {Trade Paperbacks} 1961 - 1
Peanuts Parade {Trade Paperbacks} 1976 - 1978 28
Peanuts Revisited {Comic Books} 1959 - 1
Peanuts Revisited {Hardcovers} 1960 - 1960 1
Peanuts Treasury {Hardcovers} 1968 - ? 1
The People's Doonesbury {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Doonesbury strip reprints. Published simultaneously in Canada by Holt, Rinehart and Winston of Canada, Limited. There is also a hardcover version set up as a separate series that may differ from the one listed here.
1981 - 1 (3)
The People's Doonesbury {Comic Books} 1981 - 1
The President Is a Lot Smarter Than You Think (A Doonesbury Book) {Trade Paperbacks} Disclose
Note: First Printing January, 1973. Later printings, format changes to 6⅛” × 8¼” paperbacks, with new cover art, subtitled A Doonesbury Classic. Later printings of that format would be published under the Owl Books imprint. Repackaged as two mass paperback titles from Popular Library: The President Is a Lot Smarter Than You Think and Don't Ever Change, Boopsie.
1973 - 1985 2 (5)
Rudy in Hollywood {Comic Books} 1984 - 1
Sandlot Peanuts {Hardcovers} 1977 - 1
The Second Official I Hate Cats Book {Comic Books} 1981 - 1
A Shoe for All Seasons {Trade Paperbacks} 1983 - 1
The Shoe Must Go On {Trade Paperbacks} 1984 - 1
Siempre a Flote, Charlie Brown {Comic Books} 1971 - 1
Skippy and Percy Crosby: The Life and Times of a Great American Cartoonist {Comic Books} 1978 - 1
Snoopy {Comic Books} 1958 - ? 1
Snoopy {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: No cover price listed. Contents are copyright 1958, but the book was published in the 1970s.
1974 - 1
Snoopy and His Sopwith Camel {Comic Books} 1969 - 1 (0)
Snoopy and the Red Baron {Comic Books} 1966 - 1
The Snoopy Festival {Hardcovers} 1974 - 1
Snoopy's Love Book {Comic Books} 1994 - 1 (0)
Snoopy's Tennis Book {Comic Books} 1979 - 1
Snoopy's Tennis Book {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: United Feature Syndicate daily and Sunday Peanuts strip reprints by Charles M. Schulz.
1979 - 1
Snoopy, Vuelve a Casa {Comic Books} 1969 - 1 (0)
Speak Softly, and Carry a Beagle {Comic Books} 1975 - 1
"Speaking of Inalienable Rights, Amy..." (A Doonesbury Book) {Trade Paperbacks} Disclose
Note: Continued from Wouldn’t a Gremlin Have Been More Sensible? (A Doonesbury Book)(Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1975 series) #[nn]. Continues in You're Never Too Old For Nuts And Berries (A Doonesbury Book) (Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1976 series) #[nn]. First printing 1976. Later printings, format changes to 6⅛” × 8¼” paperbacks, with new cover art, subtitled A Doonesbury Classic. Later printings of that format would be published under the Owl Books imprint.
1976 - 1976 1 (4)
"Speaking of Inalienable Rights, Amy..." (A Doonesbury Book) {Trade Paperbacks} 1976 - 1
Stalking the Perfect Tan (A Doonesbury Book) {Trade Paperbacks} Disclose
Note: Continued from As the Kid Goes for Broke (A Doonesbury Book)(Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1977 series) #[nn]. Continues in “Any Grooming Hints for Your Fans, Rollie?” (A Doonesbury Book) (Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1978 series) #[nn]. First printing 1978. Later printings, format changes to 6⅛” × 8¼” paperbacks, with new cover art, subtitled A Doonesbury Classic. Later printings of that format would be published under the Owl Books imprint.
1978 - 1985 1 (4)
Still a Few Bugs in the System (A Doonesbury Book) {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: First book in the series. First printing June, 1972. Later printings, format changes to 6⅛” × 8¼” paperbacks, with new cover art, subtitled A Doonesbury Classic. Later printings of that format would be published under the Owl Books imprint. Other printings in May 1973 and April 1973. Repackaged as two mass paperback titles from Popular Library: Even Revolutionaries Like Chocolate Chip Cookies and Just a French Major from the Bronx.
1972 - 1985 2 (6)
Sunday's Fun Day, Charlie Brown {Comic Books} 1965 - 1
Sunday's Fun Day, Charlie Brown {Comic Books} 1970 - 1
Sunday's Fun Day, Charlie Brown / You're Out of Sight, Charlie Brown {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Flip-book format reprinting of the Holt, Rinehart and Winston books Sunday's Fun Day, Charlie Brown: A Peanuts Book (September 1965) and You're Out of Sight, Charlie Brown: A Peanuts Book (1970); This book appears to be part of THE WORLD OF CHARLIE BROWN: A Mattel Book Set, a nine-book boxed set of Peanuts collected editions.
1970 - ? 1
A Tad Overweight, but Violet Eyes to Die For (A Doonesbury Book) {Trade Paperbacks} Disclose
Note: First printing 1980. Later printings, subtitled A Doonesbury Classic, would be published under the Owl Books imprint.
1980 - 1985 1
Te vas a Desnucar, Charlie Brown {Comic Books} 1972 - 1
Thompson Is in Trouble, Charlie Brown {Comic Books} 1973 - 1 (0)
Unfortunately, She Was Also Wired for Sound: A Doonesbury Book {Trade Paperbacks} Disclose
Note: Continued from Ask for May, Settle for June (A Doonesbury Book)(Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1982 series) #[nn]. Continues in The Wreck of the "Rusty Nail" (A Doonesbury Book) (Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1983 series) #[nn].
1982 - 1985 1
The Unsinkable Charlie Brown {Comic Books} 1967 - 1
The Unsinkable Charlie Brown {Comic Books} 1967 - ? 1
We're Not Out of the Woods Yet (A Doonesbury Book) {Trade Paperbacks} Disclose
Note: Continued from “But the Pension Fund Was Just Sitting There” (A Doonesbury Book)(Henry Holt and Co., 1979 series) #[nn]. Continues in A Tad Overweight, but Violet Eyes to Die For (A Doonesbury Book) (Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1980 series) #[nn]. First printing 1979. Later printings, subtitled A Doonesbury Classic, would be published under the Owl Books imprint.
1979 - 1985 1 (2)
We're Right Behind You, Charlie Brown {Trade Paperbacks} Disclose
Note: No ISBN listed.
1964 - 1966 1
We're Right Behind You, Charlie Brown {Comic Books} 1970 - 1970 1
"What Do We Have for the Witnesses, Johnnie?" (A Doonesbury Book) {Trade Paperbacks} Disclose
Note: Continued from Guilty, Guilty, Guilty! (A Doonesbury Book)(Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1974 series) #[nn]. Continues in Dare To Be Great, Ms. Caucus (A Doonesbury Book) (Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1975 series) #[nn]. First Printing January 1975. Second Printing April 1975. Later printings, format changes to 6⅛” × 8¼” paperbacks, with new cover art, subtitled A Doonesbury Classic. Later printings of that format would be published under the Owl Books imprint.
1975 - 1975 2 (5)
What's It All About, Charlie Brown? {Comic Books} 1968 - 0
Win a Few, Lose a Few, Charlie Brown {Comic Books} 1974 - 1
Win a Few, Lose a Few, Charlie Brown {Comic Books} 1974 - 1
Wonder Woman {Trade Paperbacks} 1972 - 1
Wonder Woman {Comic Books} 1972 - 1
Wouldn't a Gremlin Have Been More Sensible? (A Doonesbury Book) {Trade Paperbacks} Disclose
Note: Continued from Dare To Be Great, Ms. Caucus (A Doonesbury Book)(Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1975 series) #[nn]. Continues in “Speaking of Inalienable Rights, Amy…” (A Doonesbury Book) (Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1976 series) #[nn]. First Printing September 1975. Second Printing November 1975. Later printings, format changes to 6⅛” × 8¼” paperbacks, with new cover art, subtitled A Doonesbury Classic. Later printings of that format would be published under the Owl Books imprint.
1975 - 1975 2 (6)
The Wreck of the "Rusty Nail" (A Doonesbury Book) {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Continued from Unfortunately, She Was Also Wired for Sound (A Doonesbury Book)(Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1982 series) #[nn]. Continues in You Give Great Meeting, Sid (A Doonesbury Book)(Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1983 series) #[nn].
1983 - 1985 1
You Can Do It, Charlie Brown {Comic Books} 1963 - 1

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