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Jane Blackstock

Posted at 6:56AM Wednesday 02 Apr 2008

Jane Blackstock, who has died of cancer aged 61, had a long and distinguished career in book publishing, notably in the 1980s with the left-inclined Victor Gollancz.

Jane Blackstock, publisher, born March 3 1947; died March 5 2008

Obituary in The Guardian




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