Abstract
It was in 1915 that Alfred (1892-1984) & Blanche (1894-1966) Knopf created their own business in New York,which was to be owned and managed by them for nearly fifty years. Theirs was Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., a publishing house which was to be one of the most prestigious in literary circles, either in the US or abroad. To have books published in the US by the Knopfs, between the '30s and the…