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Series
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Altemus
Library
1892 - 1896
Varied reprint editions |
Series
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37
41
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| 1 |
Sesame and Lilies |
Ruskin, John |
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| 2 |
Pleasures of Life |
Lubbock, John |
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| 3 |
Essays of Lord Francis Bacon with Memoirs and
Notes |
Bacon, Francis |
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| 4 |
Thoughts of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius |
Aurelius, Marcus |
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| 5 |
Selection from the Discourses of Epictetus with
the Encheridion |
Long, George |
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| 6 |
Emerson's Essays, First Series |
Emerson, Ralph Waldo |
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| 7 |
Emerson's Essays, Second Series |
Emerson, Ralph Waldo |
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| 8 |
Cranford |
Gaskell, Mrs. E.C. |
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| 9 |
Of the Imitation of Christ |
Kempis, Thomas A. |
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| 10 |
Vicar of Wakefield |
Goldsmith, Oliver |
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| 11 |
Chesterfield's Letters, Sentences and Maxims |
Chesterfield, Lord |
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| 12 |
Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow |
Jerome, Jerome K. |
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| 13 |
Tales From Shakespeare |
Lamb, Charles and Mary |
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| 14 |
Natural Law in the Spiritual World |
Drummond, Henry |
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| 15 |
Addresses (Drummond) |
Drummond, Henry |
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| 16 |
My Point of View |
Shephard, William |
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| 17 |
Scarlet Letter (For more information click here) |
Hawthorne, Nathaniel |
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| 18 |
Representative Men |
Emerson, Ralph Waldo |
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| 19 |
My King and His Service |
Havergal, Frances Ridley |
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| 20 |
Reveries of a Bachelor (For more information
click here) |
Marvel, Ik |
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| 21 |
House of the Seven Gables |
Hawthorne, Nathaniel |
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| 22 |
Dream Life |
Marvel, Ik |
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| 23 |
Rab and His Friends |
Brown, John |
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| 24 |
Essays of Elia |
Lamb, Charles |
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| 25 |
Sartor Resartus |
Carlyle, Thomas |
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| 26 |
Heroes and Hero Worship |
Carlyle, Thomas |
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| 27 |
Ethics of the Dust |
Ruskin, John |
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| 28 |
Window in Thrums |
Barrie, J.M. |
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| 29 |
Mosses from an Old Manse |
Hawthorne, Nathaniel |
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| 30 |
Twice Told Tales |
Hawthorne, Nathaniel |
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| 31 |
Uncle Tom's Cabin |
Stowe, Harriet Beecher |
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| 32 |
Sketch Book |
Irving, Washington |
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| 33 |
Heroes or Greek Fairy Tales |
Kingsley, Charles |
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| 34 |
Undine |
Fouque, De La Motte |
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| 35 |
Wonder Book |
Hawthorne, Nathaniel |
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| 36 |
Balzac's Shorter Stories |
Balzac, Honore de |
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| 37 |
Two Years Before the Mast |
Dana Jr., Richard |
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| 38 |
Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin |
Franklin, Benjamin |
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| 39 |
Weird Tales |
Poe, Edgar Allan |
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| 40 |
Crown of Wild Olive |
Ruskin, John |
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| 41 |
Tom Brown's School Days |
Hughes, Thomas |
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Henry
Altemus Format:
1 Volumes: 1
- 41
Cloth with various gold, silver and multicolored designs which are
different for each book. Gold or silver gilt tops. In 1892 the books
came in boxed sets or in dust jackets. After 1892 this format was not
boxed but the books did have dust jackets. 6 x 4.25.
Henry
Altemus Format:
2 Volumes: 1
- 41
Half crushed levant, gold tops and boxed. 6.25 x 4.50.
Henry
Altemus Format:
3 Volumes: 1
- 41
Half genuine English calf with gold tops. Boxed. 6.25 x 4.50.
Henry
Altemus Format:
4 Volumes: 1
- 41
"Renaissance binding". Very fancy morocco. Boxed. These books were
$4.00 when they were introduced in 1894. 6.5 x 4.25.
Series Notes:
1. No priority between formats 1, 2 and 3.
2. Books #1-18 were published in 1892.
3. Initially the books were also sold in multivolume boxed sets (1892).
Set #1- 3,6,7; Set #2- 4,5; Set #3- 1,2; Set #4- 14,15; Set #5- 9,16;
Set #6- 8,10
4. Books #1-30 were published in 1893.
5. Books #1-32 were published in 1894.
6. This series was published until 1897.
7. In 1893 certain volumes were bound in full English calf.
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6 Later
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13 Dust Jacket
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13 Dust Jacket
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21- 1893
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21- 1894
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26 Dust Jacket
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26 Dust Jacket
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Format 2 Half Levant
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Format 3 Half Calf
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Format 3 Half Calf
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