Pyramid Publications Pty. Limited

Australia

Pyramid Publications Pty. Limited is the printed publisher name. Other titles associated with this publisher might have a variation or an unexpected publisher name.

Details

Country
Australia
Locations

Dalwood Arcade, 76 Pitt St, Sydney.

Operated
1946? – 1953?
Comics
1946 – 1952
Group
Pyramid

Notes

Pyramid Publications was established as a company in 1946 by directors William B. Wilson and Thomas H. Raynor, with capital of £10,000 in £1 shares. Daily Mirror (Sydney, NSW: 1941-1955), 29 March 1946, p. 15, viewed 20 Dec 2024, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article272611572.

This might be the same T. H. Raynor described in 1942 as 'a skilful pencil portraitist' for his entry into the Joe Holloway's Sketch Club. The Bulletin v63#3277 (2 December 1942), John Haynes and J.F. Archibald, Sydney, N.S.W viewed 20 December 2024 http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-532744743. T. H. Rayner also wrote and illustrated several children's books in the mid-forties, published by the Offset Printing Coy.

The company probably ceased publishing in 1952 and was wound up as a company in 1953.

Company Chairman T. H. Rayner called a meeting of creditors and an Extraordinary General Meeting of shareholders for 1 July 1952 to resolve that the company, due to its liabilities, could not continue in business and should be voluntarily wound up. Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales (Sydney, NSW: 1901-2001), 18 July 1952, p. 2663, viewed 20 Dec 2024, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article220072250.

A General Meeting was called by W.R. Schofield, Liquidator, on 8 September 1953 to determine how the company would be wound up. Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales (Sydney, NSW: 1901-2001), 31 July 1953, p. 2516, viewed 20 Dec 2024, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article220067256.

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Books and series

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  Title Published % with index % with cover
Australia ABC Picture Book (Pyramid, 1947?)
Book one-shot
#PP107 ([1947?]) 0.0% (0 of 1) 0.0% (0 of 1)
Australia Adventures of Ben Friday and the Bantam Prince (Pyramid, 1953? series)
Comic series
#1 (1953?) 0.0% (0 of 1) 100.0% (1 of 1)
Australia The Adventures of Woofy the Pup (Pyramid, 1947?)
Book one-shot
([1947?]) 0.0% (0 of 1) 0.0% (0 of 1)
Australia Black X (Pyramid, 1952? series)
Comic series
#1 (1952?) to #15 (1953?) 13.3% (2 of 15) 93.3% (14 of 15)
Australia Carruthers of Colnhurst (Pyramid, 1947?)
Book one-shot
([September 1947?]) 0.0% (0 of 1) 0.0% (0 of 1)
Australia Crack Western Comic (Pyramid, 1952 series)
Comic series
#1 (1952) 100.0% (1 of 1) 100.0% (1 of 1)
Australia Dramatic Love (Pyramid, 1952? series)
Comic series
#1 (1952?) to #5 (1952?) 40.0% (2 of 5) 60.0% (3 of 5)
Australia Dramatic Romance (Pyramid, 1952 series)
Comic series
#1 (1952) to #5 (1952) 40.0% (2 of 5) 100.0% (5 of 5)
Australia The House That Jack Built: a Nursery Rhyme Book (Pyramid, 1948?)
Book one-shot
([1948?]) 0.0% (0 of 1) 0.0% (0 of 1)
Australia Intimate Confessions (Pyramid, 1951 series)
Comic series
#1 (1951) to #4? (1952?) 50.0% (2 of 4) 75.0% (3 of 4)