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Series
Name:
Publish Dates:
Topic: |
Arkansaw
Bear Series
1902 - 1909
Children's stories |
Series
Number:
Volumes:
Formats: |
43
3
2 |
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Title: |
Author: |
Year: |
Illustrator: |
| 1 |
Arkansaw Bear |
Paine, Albert Bigelow |
1902 |
Ver Beck, Frank |
| 2 |
Elsie and the Arkansaw Bear |
Paine, Albert Bigelow |
1909 |
Ver Beck, Frank |
| 3 |
Arkansaw Bear Complete |
Paine, Albert Bigelow |
1929 |
Ver Beck, Frank |
Henry
Altemus
Company Format:
1 Volumes: 1
- 2
Cloth. Green or red. The front cover has a multicolored line drawn
picture of the Arkansaw Bear and other characters from the book. Prior
to 1915 the dust jacket which matches the book cover is uncoated brown.
After 1914 the dust jacket is coated white. 7 x 5.
Henry Altemus
Company Format:
2 Volumes:
Book 3
Orange or red cloth. Gold gilt, green and orange picture of two
children
dancing with the fiddle playing bear. The dust jacket matches the book.
9 x 7.
Series Notes:
1. Altemus did not group these two books together as a series
initially. Even after #2 was published in 1909 the books were listed by
Altemus with numerous other non series books.
2. Volume 3 contains a complete copy of the first two books.
3. Volume 2- Later has "Printed in the United States of America" at the
bottom of the copyright page. This indicates a 1922 or later
publication date. |
#1-early
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#1-late
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#2
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#2 Dust Jacket
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#2-later
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#3 Dust Jacket
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#3
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#3
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Having
the first edition of a book is great. Having the first copy of a book
with an author's inscription is even better. Here is the ultimate (at
least to me). An author's inscription to the dedicatee which states
"first copy".
Shown below are the cover of the book, Paine's inscription and the
dedication page from the book.
Albert Bigelow Paine wrote several books that were published by Henry
Altemus. Paine is most widely known for his four volume Mark Twain
biography. But he also wrote a number of other books including Altemus'
three volume Arkansaw Bear Series. |
This two page flyer
advertises The Arkansaw Bear by Albert Bigelow Paine. It is 6.25" x
3.5". It advertises book #1 in the series. The pamphlet has a number of
illustrations by Frank Ver Beck. These pictures are all in the book.
This advertising piece was probably published 1902-1910 time frame.
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