Henry Altemus Company - Petit Trianon (Third numbering) Series 143

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Petit Trianon (Third numbering)
1899 - 1910
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143
117
9

	Title:	Author:	Year:	Illustrator:
1	Abbe Constantin	Halevy, Ludovic
2	Adventures of a Brownie	Mulock, Miss
3	Alice's Adventures in Wonderland	Carroll, Lewis
4	American Notes	Kipling, Rudyard
5	Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin	Franklin, Benjamin
6	Autocrat of the Breakfast Table	Holmes, Oliver Wendell
10	Allegories of the Heart	Hawthorne, Nathaniel
11	Bab Ballads and Savoy Songs	Gilbert, W.S.
12	Bacon's Essays	Bacon, Francis
13	Balzac's Shorter Stories	Balzac, Honore de
16	Biglow Papers	Lowell, James Russell
17	Black Beauty	Sewell, Anna
18	Blithedale Romance	Hawthorne, Nathaniel
19	Bracebridge Hall	Irving, Washington
20	Bryant's Poems	Bryant, William Cullen
23	Brooks' Addresses	Brooks, Phillips
24	Black Rock	Connor, Ralph
26	Camille	Dumas, Alexandre
27	Carmen	Merimee, Prosper
28	Charlotte Temple	Rowson, Susanna
30	Child's Garden of Verses	Stevenson, Robert Louis
31	Childe Harold's Pilgrimage	Byron, Lord
32	Chimes	Dickens, Charles
33	Christie's Old Organ	Walton, O.F.
34	Christmas Carol	Dickens, Charles
36	Cranford	Gaskell, Mrs. E.C.
37	Cricket on the Hearth	Dickens, Charles
40	Crucifixion of Philip Strong	Sheldon, Charles M.
42	Courtship of Miles Standish	Longfellow, Henry
44	Days With Sir Roger De Coverley	Addison, Joseph
46	Dog of Flanders	Ouida
47	Dream Life	Mitchell, Ik (Donald G.)
49	Drummond's Addresses	Drummond, Henry
53	Endymion	Keats, John
56	Evangeline	Longfellow, Henry
57	Elizabeth and Her German Garden	Blackwell, Elizabeth
58	Englishwoman's Love Letters	Anonymous
62	Fanchon	Sand, George
68	Greek Heroes	Kingsley, Charles
69	Gulliver's Travels	Swift, Jonathan
77	Song of Hiawatha	Longfellow, Henry
78	Poems (Holmes)	Holmes, Oliver Wendell
79	House of the Seven Gables	Hawthorne, Nathaniel
81	Hyperion	Longfellow, Henry
87	Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow	Jerome, Jerome K.
88	Idylls of the King	Tennyson, Alfred Lord
91	In Memoriam	Tennyson, Alfred Lord
93	In His Steps	Sheldon, Charles M.
96	Jessica's First Prayer	Stretton, Hesba
97	J. Cole	Gellibrand, Emma
101	Kavanagh	Longfellow, Henry
102	Kidnapped	Stevenson, Robert Louis
103	Knickerbocker's History of New York	Irving, Washington
107	La Belle Nivernaise	Daudet, Alphonse
108	Laddie and Miss Toosey's Mission	Anonymous
109	Lady of the Lake	Scott, Sir Walter
110	Lalla Rookh	Moore, Thomas
112	Lays of Ancient Rome	Macaulay, Thomas B.
114	Light of Asia	Arnold, Edwin
116	Little Lame Prince	Mulock, Miss
117	Poems, Volume I (Longfellow)	Longfellow, Henry
118	Poems, Volume II (Longfellow)	Longfellow, Henry
119	Poems (Lowell)	Lowell, James Russell
120	Lucile	Meredith, Owen
122	Legends of the Province House	Hawthorne, Nathaniel
126	Magic Nuts	Molesworth, Mrs.
127	Manon Lescaut	Prevost, Abbe
128	Marmion	Scott, Sir Walter
130	Milton's Poems	Milton, John
133	Mosses From an Old Manse	Hawthorne, Nathaniel
145	Old Christmas	Irving, Washington
146	Outre-Mer	Longfellow, Henry
150	Paradise Lost	Milton, John
151	Paradise Regained	Milton, John
152	Paul and Virginia	Sainte-Pierre, Bernardin de
155	Pilgrim's Progress	Bunyan, John
157	Pleasures of Life	Lubbock, John
159	Poems (Poe)	Poe, Edgar Allan
161	Princess and Maud	Tennyson, Alfred Lord
162	Prue and I	Curtis, George W.
169	Queen of the Air	Ruskin, John
172	Rab and His Friends	Brown, John
174	Reveries of a Bachelor	Mitchell, Ik (Donald G.)
175	Rip Van Winkle	Irving, Washington
177	Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam	Anonymous
179	Robert Hardy's Seven days	Sheldon, Charles M.
184	Scarlet Letter	Hawthorne, Nathaniel
186	Sentimental Journey	Sterne, Laurence
187	Sesame and Lilies	Ruskin, John
188	Shakespeare's Heroines	Jameson, Mrs.
189	She Stoops to Conquer	Goldsmith, Oliver
190	Silas Marner	Eliot, George
191	Sketch Book	Irving, Washington
192	Snow Image	Hawthorne, Nathaniel
199	Tales From Shakespeare	Lamb, Charles and Mary
200	Tanglewood Tales	Hawthorne, Nathaniel
201	Tartarin of Tarascon	Daudet, Alphonse
202	Tartarin on the Alps	Daudet, Alphonse
203	Ten Nights in a Bar-Room	Arthur, Timothy Shay
204	Things Will Take a Turn	Harraden, Beatrice
206	Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There	Carroll, Lewis
207	Tom Brown's School Days	Hughes, Thomas
208	Treasure Island	Stevenson, Robert Louis
209	Twice Told Tales	Hawthorne, Nathaniel
210	Two Years Before the Mast	Dana Jr., Richard
217	Uncle Tom's Cabin	Stowe, Harriet Beecher
218	Undine	Fouque, De La Motte
222	Vic, the Autobiography of a Fox-Terrier	Marsh, Marie More
223	Vicar of Wakefield	Goldsmith, Oliver
224	Visits of Elizabeth	Glyn, Elinor
226	Walden	Thoreau, Henry
227	Water-Babies	Kingsley, Charles
230	Poems, Volume I (Whittier)	Whittier, John Greenleaf
231	Poems, Volume II (Whittier)	Whittier, John Greenleaf
232	Window in Thrums	Barrie, J.M.
234	Wonder Book	Hawthorne, Nathaniel
244	Zoe	Anonymous

Henry Altemus      Format: 1      Volumes: 1 - 244
Left half of the cover has various patterns of white, pink or blue. The right side of the cover has a variety of floral and decorative patterns. These books were boxed. Different covers were seen in different years. Look below for pictures of the yearly design.(1899-1904) 6.5 x 4.25.

Henry Altemus Company      Format: 2      Volumes: 1 - 244
Cover is green suede and matches the pedestal on the left side of the cover that is on the 1903-1904 books. The right is without a pattern. 6.5 x 4.75.

Henry Altemus Company      Format: 3      Volumes: 1 - 244
Left half of the cover has one of four flowers. Right half is red with gold gilt decorative flower. Boxed. 1905-1906. 6.5 x 4.25.

Henry Altemus Company      Format: 4      Volumes: 1 - 244
Cover has picture of acorns which surrounds a centrally placed vertical rectangle which has one of four flowers within it. The flowers are the same as are seen in Format 3. Boxed. 1907. 6.5 x 4.25.

Henry Altemus Company      Format: 5      Volumes: 1 - 244
Cover has green stalks and leaves surrounding a rectangle which has the title printed within it. Boxed. 1908. 6.5 x 4.25.

Series Notes:
1. This series uses the publisher's alphabetical list that is found in most post-1899 publisher's series.
2. There are numerous cover designs which can be identified by looking at the pictures below.
3. All books in this series originally came in labeled boxes.

There are numerous right half cover designs for the 1899 books. More will be added as they are obtained.

1899 Box

1899

There are numerous right half cover designs for the 1899 books. More will be added as they are obtained.

1899-1900 Box

1899-1900

There were several different formats published during the next few years (1901-1904). In one of the 1901 formats two Alphonse Mucha illustrations were used. (See: http://henryaltemus.com/about/updates5.htm#a10 for more information.)

As can be seen below, in 1901-1902 and 1903-1904 the Petit Trianon books have one of three distinctive patterns on the left side of the cover. I have designated them as decorative vine, standing lady and pedestal.

It is impressive to appreciate the number of formats that are associated with books of these years. There are three patterns and their associated right sided flowers.

Although the decorative vine has been seen in pink and beige color, both the pedestal and standing lady can be seen in pink and blue in addition to beige.

Up to this time a total of 16 flowers have been seen. They are pictured below. Not every flower has been seen with all three of the left sided patterns but it is assumed that every combination exists. In particular, the lily of the valley flower has been seen with the Love and Friendship Series which uses all the same flowers but it has not been seen with the Petit Trianon Series. I suspect that this flower does exist with Petit Trianon books.

The assumption is that any Petit Trianon title in any one of the three left sided patterns can be seen with any of 16 flowers. Thus a book in the Pedestal format can be seen in one of three colors with one of 16 flowers, i.e. 48 possible covers.

One additional note: the pedestal books have been seen with other decorative floral patterns beside the 16 flowers that are shown above. Although these other covers are scarce, they are not particularly valuable.

Flowers:

1. Lilacs (1)	2. Lilacs (2)	3. Rose	4. Violet (1)	5. Violet (2)	6. Daffodil

7. Iris bunch	8. Day Lily	9. Apple Blossom	10. Lily of the Valley	11. Aster	12. Carnation

13/14. Iris (1)- Seen in Bluish-White or Pink	15/16. Iris (2)- Seen in Bluish-White	15/16. Iris (2)- Seen in Pink

1901-1902 Mucha

1901-1902 Lilacs (1)

1901-1902 Lilacs (2)

1901-1902 Rose

1901-1902 Violets

1901-1902 Lilacs (1)

1901-1902 Carnations

1901-1902 Lilacs (1)

1901-1902 Pink Iris

1901-1902 Daffodil

1901-1902 Iris bunch

1901-1902 Aster

1901-1902 Carnations

1901-1902 Rose

1901-1902 White Iris

1901-1902 Rose

1901-1902 Carnations

1903-1904 Box

1903-1904

1903-1904 Lilacs

1903-1904 Daffodil

1903-1904 Day Lily

1903-1904 Iris (1)

1903-1904 Iris (2)

1903-1904 Violet (2)

1903-1904 Apple Blossoms

1903-1904 Daffodil

1903-1904 Lilacs (2)

1903-1904 Iris (1)

1903-1904 Iris (2)

1903-1904 Iris (2) White

1903-1904 Day Lily

1903-1904 White Iris

1903-1904 Lilacs (2)

1903-1904 Daffodil

1903-1904 Rose

1903-1904 Carnation

1903-1904 Iris (2)

1903-1904 Apple Blossoms

1903-1904 Violet

The next two formats, the 1905-1906 books and the 1907 books had different covers but used the same flower pictures. There are 4 different flowers. (yellow-daffodil, red-carnation, pink-rose, purple-iris)

1905-1906 Box

1905-1906

1907 Box

1907

1908-1909 Box

1908-1909