Spink & Son Ltd. is delighted to announce the sale of the assets and goodwill of Spink Books, the leading publisher of numismatics books, to The Pen & Sword Group, one of the leading publishers of military, naval and aviation history.

Spink Books is the leading imprint for numismatic book publishing and has been supplying and publishing numismatic reference works for collectors for over 100 years. Many of its titles have become the definitive reference works in their fields and are highly sought after by enthusiasts, collectors, dealers and auctioneers worldwide. Spink Books has also published many specially commissioned works on behalf of governments, major institutions and private collectors as well as being the distributors for a range of publications, on behalf of many learned societies and authors, including the Royal Numismatic Society and the British Numismatic Society.

The Pen & Sword Group is one of the world's leading publishers of military, naval and aviation history as well as having specialist imprints in the fields of local history, ancient history, family history, crime, and general interest publishing. Pen & Sword is also the majority shareholder in Script Publisher Services, one of the leading third-party publisher book sales, marketing and distribution companies, and who have been the trade distributors for Spink Books for a number of years.

Olivier Stocker, Group Chairman and Chief Executive of Spink Group said,

Charles Hewitt, Managing Director of Pen & Sword, added,

Spink Books customers can still purchase all Spink titles seamlessly via the current Spink Books website, the same way as before, with Pen & Sword now managing orders and fulfilment.

To visit Pen & Sword websites, see:
https://www.penandswordbooks.com/https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/