Dover Publications
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Dover Publications is an American publishing company known for producing inexpensive reprints of classic works in science, mathematics, literature, and the arts.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dover Publications canonical | 6 |
| Dover Giant Thrift Editions | 1 |
| Dover Pictorial Archive | 1 |
| Dover Thrift Editions | 1 |
| Dover Thrift Editions series | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1796896 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dover Publications Context triple: [Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science, publisher, Dover Publications]
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A.
Dover Publications reprint
Dover Publications reprint is an inexpensive, widely available modern edition of George Boole’s classic logic and mathematics treatise "An Investigation of the Laws of Thought."
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B.
G. P. Putnam’s Sons
G. P. Putnam’s Sons is a long-established American publishing house known for producing a wide range of fiction and nonfiction titles.
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C.
Charles Scribner's Sons
Charles Scribner's Sons is a historic American publishing company best known for releasing works by prominent authors such as F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, and Thomas Wolfe.
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D.
Pantheon Books
Pantheon Books is an American publishing imprint known for releasing influential works in politics, history, and critical theory.
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E.
Boni & Liveright
Boni & Liveright was an influential early 20th-century American publishing house known for championing modernist and avant-garde literature.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dover Publications Target entity description: Dover Publications is an American publishing company known for producing inexpensive reprints of classic works in science, mathematics, literature, and the arts.
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A.
Dover Publications reprint
Dover Publications reprint is an inexpensive, widely available modern edition of George Boole’s classic logic and mathematics treatise "An Investigation of the Laws of Thought."
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B.
G. P. Putnam’s Sons
G. P. Putnam’s Sons is a long-established American publishing house known for producing a wide range of fiction and nonfiction titles.
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C.
Charles Scribner's Sons
Charles Scribner's Sons is a historic American publishing company best known for releasing works by prominent authors such as F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, and Thomas Wolfe.
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D.
Pantheon Books
Pantheon Books is an American publishing imprint known for releasing influential works in politics, history, and critical theory.
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E.
Boni & Liveright
Boni & Liveright was an influential early 20th-century American publishing house known for championing modernist and avant-garde literature.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American company
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publishing company ⓘ |
| acquiredBy | Courier Corporation ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| distributionArea | worldwide ⓘ |
| focus |
affordable educational materials
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public-domain classics ⓘ reference works ⓘ technical monographs ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Blanche Cirker
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Hayward Cirker ⓘ |
| hasGenre |
art and design
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children's literature ⓘ crafts and hobbies ⓘ engineering ⓘ fiction classics ⓘ mathematics ⓘ music ⓘ non-fiction ⓘ physics ⓘ |
| hasImprint |
Dover Music
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Dover Publications self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Dover Pictorial Archive
Dover Publications self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Dover Thrift Editions
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| headquartersLocation | Mineola, New York ⓘ |
| imprintOf | Courier Corporation ⓘ |
| inception | 1941 ⓘ |
| industry | publishing ⓘ |
| knownFor |
low-cost editions of classic texts
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mathematics and science monographs ⓘ public-domain reprints ⓘ unabridged republications ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| notableSeries |
Dover Publications
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Dover Giant Thrift Editions
Dover Publications self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Dover Thrift Editions series
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| parentOrganization | Courier Corporation ⓘ |
| productType | books ⓘ |
| publishingFormat |
e-books
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paperback books ⓘ |
| specialization |
art books
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children's books ⓘ classic works ⓘ craft and hobby books ⓘ inexpensive reprints ⓘ literature books ⓘ mathematics books ⓘ music scores ⓘ science books ⓘ |
| state | New York ⓘ |
| website | https://store.doverpublications.com/ ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Dover Publications Description of subject: Dover Publications is an American publishing company known for producing inexpensive reprints of classic works in science, mathematics, literature, and the arts.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Dover Thrift Editions
this entity surface form:
Dover Pictorial Archive
this entity surface form:
Dover Thrift Editions series
this entity surface form:
Dover Giant Thrift Editions