Henry Altemus Company

 

Series 202 - Young People's Library - Format 2

 
 
Series Name:
Publish Dates:
Topic: 		Young People's Library - Format 2
1898 - 1902
Various reprint editions		 Series Number:
Volumes:
Formats: 		202
63
1 (of 4)

 

Title: Author: Year: Illustrator:
1 Adventures of Robinson Crusoe Defoe, Daniel 1895  
2 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Carroll, Lewis 1895 Tenniel, John
3 Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There Carroll, Lewis 1895 Tenniel, John
4 Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress Bunyan, John 1895  
5 Child's Story of the Bible (For more information click here) Anonymous 1895  
6 Child's Life of Christ Anonymous 1895  
7 Aesop's Fables Anonymous 1896  
8 Swiss Family Robinson Anonymous 1896  
9 Christopher Columbus and the Discovery of America Anonymous 1896  
10 Exploration and Adventure in Africa Holmes, Prescott 1896  
11 Gulliver's Travels Swift, Jonathan 1896  
12 Mother Goose's Rhymes, Jingles and Fairy Tales Anonymous 1896  
13 Lives of the Presidents of the United States (See Series Note #4) Holmes, Prescott 1896  
14 Exploration and Adventure in the Frozen Seas Holmes, Prescott 1896  
15 Wood's Natural History Wood, Rev. J.G. 1897  
16 Dickens' Child's History of England Dickens, Charles 1897  
17 Black Beauty Sewell, Anna 1897  
18 Arabian Nights' Entertainments Anonymous 1897  
19 Andersen's Fairy Tales Andersen, Hans Christian 1898  
20 Grimm's Fairy Tales Anonymous 1898  
21 Grandfather's Chair Hawthorne, Nathaniel 1898  
22 Flower Fables Alcott, Louisa May 1898  
23 Aunt Martha's Corner Cupboard Kirby, Mary and Elizabeth 1898  
24 Water-Babies Kingsley, Charles 1899  
25 Battles of the War for Independence Holmes, Prescott 1897  
26 Battles of the War for the Union Holmes, Prescott 1897  
27 Young People's History of the War with Spain Holmes, Prescott 1900  
28 Heroes of the United States Navy James, Hartwell 1899  
29 Heroes of the United States Army James, Hartwell 1899-earlier  
29a Military Heroes of the United States James, Hartwell 1899-later  
30 Uncle Tom's Cabin Stowe, Harriet Beecher 1900  
31 Great Sea Fights of the World James, Hartwell    
32 Poor Boys' Chances (For more information click here) Habberton, John    
33 Romulus, The Founder of Rome Abbott, Jacob 1900  
34 Cyrus the Great, the Founder of the Persian Empire Abbott, Jacob 1900  
35 Adventures in Toyland Hall, Edith King 1900  
36 Darius the Great, King of the Medes and Persians Abbott, Jacob 1900  
37 Xerxes the Great, King of Persia Abbott, Jacob 1900  
38 Adventures of a Brownie Mulock, Miss 1898  
39 Alexander the Great, King of Macedon Abbott, Jacob 1900  
40 Pyrrhus, King of Epirus Abbott, Jacob 1900  
41 Hannibal, the Carthaginian Abbott, Jacob 1900  
42 Mixed Pickles Field, Mrs. E.M. 1900  
43 Julius Caesar, the Roman Conqueror Abbott, Jacob 1900  
44 Alfred the Great of England Abbott, Jacob 1900  
45 William the Conqueror, of England Abbott, Jacob 1900  
46 Hernando Cortez, the Conqueror of Mexico Abbott, Jacob 1900  
47 Little Lame Prince Mulock, Miss 1900  
48 Mary, Queen of Scots Abbott, Jacob 1900  
49 Queen Elizabeth, of England Abbott, Jacob 1900  
50 King Charles the First, of England Abbott, Jacob 1900  
51 King Charles the Second, of England Abbott, Jacob 1900  
52 Sleepy King Hopwood, Aubrey 1900  
53 Marie Antoinette, Queen of France Abbott, John S.C. 1900  
54 Madame Roland, A Heroine of the French Revolution Abbott, Jacob 1900  
55 Josephine, Empress of France Abbott, Jacob 1900  
56 Tales from Shakespeare Lamb, Charles and Mary    
57 Makers of America James, Hartwell    
58 Wonder Book for Boys and Girls Hawthorne, Nathaniel    
31a Vic, the Autobiography of a Fox-Terrier Marsh, Marie More    
32a Tales from Shakespeare Lamb, Charles and Mary    
33a Adventures in Toyland Hall, Edith King 1900  
34a Adventures of a Brownie Mulock, Miss 1898  
35a Mixed Pickles Field, Mrs. E.M. 1900  
36a Little Lame Prince Mulock, Miss 1900  
37a Sleepy King Hopwood, Aubrey 1900  
38a Rip Van Winkle Irving, Washington    
39a Child's Garden of Verses Stevenson, Robert Louis 1902  
40a Romulus, the Founder of Rome Abbott, Jacob 1900  
41a Cyrus the Great, the Founder of the Persian Empire Abbott, Jacob 1900  
42a Darius the Great, King of the Medes and Persians Abbott, Jacob 1900  
43a Xerxes the Great, King of Persia Abbott, Jacob 1900  
44a Alexander the Great, King of Macedon Abbott, Jacob 1900  
45a Pyrrhus, King of Epirus Abbott, Jacob 1900  
46a Hannibal, the Carthaginian Abbott, Jacob 1900  
47a Julius Caesar, the Roman Conqueror Abbott, Jacob 1900  
48a Alfred the Great of England Abbott, Jacob 1900  
49a William the Conqueror, of England Abbott, Jacob 1900  
50a Hernando Cortez, the Conqueror of Mexico Abbott, Jacob 1900  
51a Mary, Queen of Scots Abbott, Jacob 1900  
52a Queen Elizabeth, of England Abbott, Jacob 1900  
53a King Charles the First, of England Abbott, Jacob 1900  
54a King Charles the Second, of England Abbott, Jacob 1900  
55a Marie Antoinette, Queen of France Abbott, John S.C. 1900  
56a Madame Roland, A Heroine of the French Revolution Abbott, Jacob 1900  
57a Josephine, Empress of France Abbott, Jacob 1900  
58a Animal Stories for Little People Anonymous 1902  

 

Henry Altemus      Format: 2      Volumes: 1 - 58, 31a-58a
Multicolored cloth with a book appropriate cover picture. Tall spine flower is specific to this format. (see picture). Dust jackets are uncoated brown paper matching the cover picture. 6.75 x 5.5.

Series Notes: There are several sub-formats which can distinguish the earlier versus the later published books.
(There are instances when an earlier dust jacket is placed on a later book. For dating purposes use the book not the dust jacket.)

a.1898-1899
   Plain end papers
   Title page base says Henry Altemus not Henry Altemus Company.
   4 pages of back ads ending in Grandfather's Chair.(One book has been seen in which the ads end with Black Beauty). The books with the ads in bold without the 50 cents price are the earliest.
   This format seen with books #1-32.
   The ads in the front are variable and not always helpful in dating the books.

b. 1900
   Green end papers
   Back ads- 4 pages listing to Grandfather's Chair.
   No front ads
   Green title page decorations.
   Henry Altemus Company at the bottom of the title page.

c. 1900 (later)
   Green end Paper
   Back ads list Sea Kings and Poor Boys on Page 7.

d. 1901
   Back ads to page 16 which ends with the Ellis Young People's Histories.

e. 1902
   Back ads page 16 ends with Rataplan
   End papers have a seated girl in green but otherwise are plain.
   Sea King and Poor Boys were dropped from the ads.

Series Notes:
1. This format has two numbering patterns. The first was from the format's inception 1898-1901. The second numbering pattern "a" was first used with sub format "e" early in 1902.
2. The second numbering system "a" began with the "e" subformat YPL-2. At that time Books #31 and 32 (Great Sea Fights of the World also titled Sea Kings and Naval Heroes and Poor Boys' Chances were deleted. The new #31 and 32 became Vic; The Autobiography of a Fox-Terrier and Tales from Shakespeare. Also at that time the numbering changed significantly from #33-58. Along with the numbering changes, Makers of America (#57) and Wonder Book for Boys and Girls (#58) were dropped and replaced with Animal Stories for Little People (58a), Rip Van Winkle (38a), and Child's Garden of Verses (#39)
3. Book #29 had a title change in 1899 from Heroes of the United States Army to Military Heroes of the United States.
4. For more information on the editions of this series click here.

 

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Format 2 Dust Jacket back ads

This format was published between 1898 and 1902. Because of their age, dust jackets for these books are difficult to find. The front of the jackets are plain without colors and match the line drawn pictures on the front of the books.

The back of the dust jackets have a list of the books in this series. I have seen seven variants up to this time.

Shown here are earlier dust jackets that list 22 (1898), 26 (early 1899), 29 (later-1899) and 31 books (probably early 1900).


Here are three dust jackets that have the Henry Altemus Company imprint: the numbering on these dust jackets changed after #30. The earliest of these lists Great Sea Fights as #31 and Wonder Book as #58. (1900)


The next Dust jacket ends with #55 Josephine. (Early 1902). The last Format 2 book has #58 as Animal Stories for Little People. (Later 1902)

 
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