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W. J. Watt & Co.

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W. J. Watt & Co. was a publisher in New York.[1][2] It published about a dozen novels a year from 1908 to 1925, with some emphasis upon Westerns and mysteries.[3][4]

It published several books by Pearl Doles Bell. It published the novel The Little Nugget by P. G. Wodehouse in New York and his The Intrusion of Jimmy and The Prince and Betty. It copyrighted Destiny by Charles Neville Buck. It also published one of George Bronson Howard's novels about detective Yorke Norroy.

The company's agents included W. J. Watt, Howard Watt, and W. W. Wachob.[5]

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  1. ^ "W.J. Watt | The Online Books Page". onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu.
  2. ^ "Publisher: W.J. Watt & Company | Open Library". openlibrary.org.
  3. ^ "W. J. Watt search page". WorldCat.
  4. ^ "The Editor". Editor Council. May 3, 1917 – via Google Books.
  5. ^ "Publishers Weekly". R.R. Bowker Company. May 3, 1921 – via Google Books.
  6. ^ Grant, Douglas (May 29, 1919). "The Single Track". W.J. Watt – via Google Books.
  7. ^ "Bookseller and Stationer". May 3, 1922 – via Google Books.