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Series
Name:
Publish Dates:
Topic: |
Boys and
Girls' Classics (new)
1908 - 1926
Children's stories |
Series
Number:
Volumes:
Formats: |
57
15
1 |
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Title: |
Author: |
Year: |
Illustrator: |
| 1 |
Adventures of Robinson Crusoe |
Defoe, Daniel |
1908 |
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| 2 |
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland |
Carroll, Lewis |
1908 |
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| 3 |
Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There |
Carroll, Lewis |
1908 |
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| 4 |
Swiss Family Robinson |
Anonymous |
1908 |
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| 5 |
Mother Goose's Rhymes, Jingles and Fairy Tales |
Anonymous |
1908 |
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| 6 |
Black Beauty |
Sewell, Anna |
1908 |
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| 7 |
Andersen's Fairy tales |
Andersen, Hans Christian |
1908 |
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| 8 |
Grimm's Fairy Tales |
Anonymous |
1908 |
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| 9 |
Little Lame Prince |
Mulock, Miss |
1908 |
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| 10 |
Child's Garden of Verses |
Stevenson, Robert Louis |
1908 |
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| 11 |
Aunt Martha's Corner Cupboard |
Kirby, Mary and Elizabeth |
1910 |
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| 12 |
Water-Babies |
Kingsley, Charles |
1910 |
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| 13 |
Adventures of a Brownie |
Mulock, Miss |
1910 |
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| 14 |
Rip Van Winkle |
Irving, Washington |
1910 |
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| 15 |
Animal Stories for Little People |
Anonymous |
1910 |
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Henry Altemus
Company Volume: 1 - 15
Linen cloth. The covers are pictorial linen cloth taken
from larger pictorial swatches. Paper label on the cover
and the spine. Came in floral covered boxes. Dust jackets
have been observed on some books in the 1920's. 6.75 x
5.25
PLEASE NOTE: THESE BOOKS MOSTLY USE TITLE PAGES THAT
INDICATE AN 1890's-1902 COPYRIGHT. THIS INDICATES THE
ALTEMUS EDITION THAT THESE BOOK PLATES ARE ORIGINALLY
FROM. IT DOES NOT INDICATE THE DATE THE BOOK WAS
PUBLISHED. THE VERY EARLIEST THAT ANY OF THESE BOOKS WAS
PUBLISHED WAS 1908. THE DATES IN THE CHART ABOVE REFLECT
THE FIRST PUBLICATION IN THIS FORMAT.
Series Notes:
1. These books used the same plates as the Young People's
Library. For the first number of years of publication the
Young People's Library title pages were also used.
2. The first 10 books were published in 1908 and the
complete 15 volume series was published from 1910 to 1926.
3. Also called Holiday Editions.
4. At this time 8 different linen swatches have been
recognized. The original pictorial swatch is larger than
the linen cloth needed to wrap the book. Thus, some books
from the same swatch may not at first seem related. Below
I have put together the composite swatches (as a best as I
am able with current information) from the book covers. I
think #7 and #8 eventually will be seen to be from the
same swatch but at this time I cannot be sure. Thus, they
are shown as separate entities.
5. The linen swatches numbered 2 and 3 were also used in
the mid and late teens in Series #64/200.
6. Some books after 1923 had a plain cover with a paste-on
noting the title with a jacket as shown below. Other
post-1923 books had the illustrated linen swatch with the
dust jacket shown below. |
Post
1923 Dust Jacket
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Post
1923 Book Cover
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Swatch 1. These books were published between 1908 and
the early teens. They are probably the most common
cover seen.
Composite
Swatch 1
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sw-1
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sw-1a
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sw-1b
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Swatch 2. Published from the late teens until the end
of the series run. Very commonly seen cover.
Composite
Swatch 2
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sw-2
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sw-2a
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sw-2b
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sw-2c
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Swatch 3. Early and mid teens.
Composite
Swatch 3
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sw-3
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sw-3a
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sw-3b
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sw-3c
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sw-3d
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sw-3e
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Swatch 4. Early. Fairly common.
Composite
Swatch 4
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sw-4
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sw-4a
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sw-4b
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Swatch 5. Early years (uncommon).
sw-5
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sw-5a
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Swatch 6. Early years of series.
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Swatch 7. Early years. (uncommon)
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sw-6
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sw-7
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sw-7a
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Swatch 8. Early years. (uncommon)
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sw-8
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sw-8a
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