Henry Altemus Company

 

Series 175 - Three Volume Sets

 
 
Series Name:
Publish Dates:
Topic:
Three Volume Sets
1894 - 1897
Varied reprint editions
Series Number:
Volumes:
Formats:
175
18
4

 

Title: Author: Year: Illustrator:
1 Emerson's Essays, First Series Emerson, Ralph Waldo  
1 Emerson's Essays, Second Series Emerson, Ralph Waldo  
1 Representative Men Emerson, Ralph Waldo  
2 Crown of Wild Olive Ruskin, John  
2 Ethics of the Dust Ruskin, John  
2 Ruskin's Sesame and Lilies Ruskin, John  
3 Essays of Elia Lamb, Charles  
3 Lamb 's Tales from Shakespeare Lamb, Charles and Mary  
3 Last Essays of Elia Lamb, Charles  
4 Belfry of Bruges, and Other Poems Longfellow, Henry  
4 Evangeline Longfellow, Henry  
4 Voices of the Night and Other Poems Longfellow, Henry  
5 Idylls of the King Tennyson, Alfred Lord  
5 In Memoriam Tennyson, Alfred Lord  
5 Princess and Maud Tennyson, Alfred Lord  
6 House of the Seven Gables Hawthorne, Nathaniel  
6 Scarlet Letter (For more information click here) Hawthorne, Nathaniel  
6 Twice Told Tales Hawthorne, Nathaniel  

 

Henry Altemus      Format: 1      Volumes: 1 - 6
Half blue vellum. The right side of the cover which matches the box has a silver floral repeating decoration. 6 x 4.25.

Henry Altemus      Format: 2      Volumes: 1 - 3
Full cloth. Full silver and inks. 6 x 4.25.

Henry Altemus      Format: 3      Volumes: 1 - 3
Half crushed levant or half crushed English calf. 6 x 4.25.

Henry Altemus      Format: 4      
Half genuine English calf. 6 x 4.25. Boxed.

Series Notes:
1. This series was given the simple name of the Three Volume Sets Series both in Altemus and other catalogues.
2. The first set was published in 1894. The second, third and the sixth sets were published in 1895. The 4th and 5th sets were publised in 1897.
3. There is no priority between any of the formats.

 

Format 1 Early

Format 1 Later

Format 1 Later

 

Format 1 Later

Format 1 Later

Format 3

 

Format 4

 

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