Sheed and Ward

In 2022 Rowman & Littlefield began acquiring books under the Sheed & Ward brand again.

[1] Sheed and Ward published a number of major Roman Catholic authors of the 1920s through to the mid-twentieth century, including G. K. Chesterton, Hilaire Belloc, Christopher Dawson, Vincent McNabb, Leo J. Trese, Ronald Knox and Etienne Gilson.

In the early 1930s Sheed and Ward operated the Catholic Book a Month Club.

In 1973, Sheed and Ward was acquired by the Universal Press Syndicate; the company was used as the base of the publisher Andrews McMeel.

[3] The company was owned by the National Catholic Reporter from 1986 to 1998, when it was sold to the Priests of the Sacred Heart.