Ballantine Books

Ballantine Books is a publishing company founded in 1952 by Ian Ballantine, and his wife Betty Ballantine. It was later purchased by Random House in 1973.
Del Rey, which publishes all Star Wars novels (except for those originally published by Bantam Spectra between 1991 and 1999), debuted in 1977 as the science-fiction imprint of Ballantine Books.
==List of Star Wars books==
*Star Wars: From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker (December 1976) 
*The Star Wars Sketchbook (September 1977)
*Star Wars Blueprints (November 1977)
*The Star Wars Album (November 1977)
*The Star Wars Portfolio (December 1977)
*The Empire Strikes Back Sketchbook (June 1980)
*The Empire Strikes Back Notebook (October 1980)
*Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back Portfolio (October 1980)
*Return of the Jedi Sketchbook (June 1983)
*Star Wars: Return of the Jedi Portfolio (June 1983)
*The Star Wars Intergalactic Passport (June 1983)
==Sources==
*The Jedi Master's Quizbook
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