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Envelopes
As has been noted, Altemus
& Co. continued to produce blank books, ledgers, etc. while
they published books (as late as the 1930's). Here are two envelopes
with the Fourth Street address. These envelopes are both postmarked in
1932.
Finding these blank books and ledgers is difficult because they are
frequently not identified as being the product of the Altemus house.
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Here is a pre-1900 Altemus
envelope. The Henkel & Co. Printers and Publishers was founded
in 1806. It still operates today.
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Advertising Cover - 1890
This is a very rare Altemus advertising cover from 1890. In 1889
Altemus published the six titles of the Dore's Masterpieces Series. (http://henryaltemus.com/series/series78.htm).
All six oversized volumes
were published until 1903 in a number of different formats. Because of
the beautiful Gustave Dore illustrations, these books are always in
great demand and sell for a premium.
This advertising cover pictures Format 1- Volume 1 in the series. The
other books are listed at the top of the envelope. Die Dore Bibel
Gallerie is a German translation of Volume #1 and was included in this
series beginning in 1892. (Thus, at that point there were seven titles
in the series.)
In my opinion this is one of the rarest pieces of Altemus ephemera.
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Altemus Envelope
After Altemus stopped publishing books, it still produced blank books
and did some printing with the Altemus & Co. name. Here is an
envelope from 1937. As has been noted before, most of these blank books
have no Altemus identifying features and therefore are very hard to
locate.
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Advertising Cover
This advertising cover advertises the patented hinge-back photographic
albums. It dates between 1873 and 1889.
It is the earliest Altemus advertising cover that I have seen.
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