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Series 174 - Taine's History of English Literature

 
 
Series Name:
Publish Dates:
Topic:
Taine's History of English Literature
1895 - 1933
Historical
Series Number:
Volumes:
Formats:
174
4
8

 

Title: Author: Year: Illustrator:
1 History of English Literature- Volume 1 Taine, H.A. 1895
2 History of English Literature- Volume 2 Taine, H.A. 1895
3 History of English Literature- Volume 3 Taine, H.A. 1895
4 History of English Literature- Volume 4 Taine, H.A. 1895

 

Henry Altemus      Format: 1
Red or green cloth. Paper label. No illustrations. Boxed. 8.25 x 6.

Henry Altemus      Format: 2
Cloth. Various colors. Gold gilt tops. Blindstamped. 20 illustrations. Boxed. 8.25 x 6.

Henry Altemus      Format: 3
Half Calf. 20 illustrations. Boxed.

Henry Altemus      Format: 4
Half Morocco. 20 illustrations. Boxed.

Henry Altemus Company      Format: 5
Half Calf. Gold gilt tops. 8 x 5.75. Boxed.

Henry Altemus Company      Format: 6
Cloth. Various colors. Boxed. 7.75 x 5.5.

Henry Altemus Company      Format: 7
Half Morocco. Boxed. 8 x 5.5.

Henry Altemus Company      Format: 8
Half Persian Morocco. Boxed.

Series Notes:
1. These sets were relatively costly. Format 1-$7.50. Format 2-$10. Format 3-$12.50 Format 4- $15. Format 5-$15. Format 6-&6. Format 7- $10. Format 8- $22.50 (earlier), $30. (later)
2. Formats 5-8 have a 1908 copyright.
3. Formats 5-8 all had 64 illustrations except for Format 5 (early state) which had 68 illustrations.

 

Format 1

Format 2

Format 5

 

Format 6

Format 6 variant

Format 7

 

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