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Series
Name:
Publish Dates:
Topic: |
Favorite
Series for Young People
1900 - 1910
Various different categories |
Series
Number:
Volumes:
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87
19
2 |
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Author: |
Year: |
Illustrator: |
1 |
Aesop's Fables |
Anonymous |
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland |
Carroll, Lewis |
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Tenniel, John |
3 |
Andersen's Fairy Tales |
Andersen, Hans Christian |
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Arabian Nights' Entertainments |
Anonymous |
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Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress |
Bunyan, John |
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6 |
Christopher Columbus and the Discovery of America |
Anonymous |
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Exploration and Adventure in Africa |
Holmes, Prescott |
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8 |
Grimm's Fairy Tales |
Anonymous |
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Gulliver's Travels |
Swift, Jonathan |
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10 |
Little Lame Prince |
Mulock, Miss |
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11 |
Mother Goose's Rhymes, Jingles and Fairy Tales |
Anonymous |
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12 |
Robinson Crusoe |
Defoe, Daniel |
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13 |
Story of the Frozen Seas |
Anonymous |
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14 |
Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found
There |
Carroll, Lewis |
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Tenniel, John |
15 |
Water-Babies |
Kingsley, Charles |
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16 |
Wood's Natural History |
Wood, Rev. J.G. |
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17 |
Rip Van Winkle |
Irving, Washington |
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18 |
Tales from Shakespeare |
Lamb, Charles and Mary |
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19 |
Black Beauty |
Sewell, Anna |
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Henry
Altemus
Company Format:
1 Volumes: 1
- 19
Cloth with applique cover. Applique has a multicolored book appropriate
illustration. Vertical lines surround the applique on the cover except
for book #6 (Christopher Columbus) which has horizontal lines flanking
the picture. Dust jacket matches the book. 6.5 x 5.25.
Henry Altemus
Company Format:
2 Volumes: 1
- 19
Cloth with a book appropriate multicolored picture that is the same as
the one seen in the Young People's Library of the same title. The dust
jacket matches the book cover. 6.5 x 5.25.
Series Notes:
1. The text of these books is the same as the Young People's Library.
The key difference between the books is found on the title page which
is glossy and says Altemus' Favorite Series at the top.
2. Format 1 was published between 1900 and 1901.
3. The dates of format 1 books can be determined.
a. 1900- The ads in the back
list the Young People's Library books to Grandfather's Chair.
b. 1900(later)- The ads in the
back for the Young People's Library go to Wonder Book. No Ellis books
are listed and the end papers are plain.
c. 1901- Ellis' Young People's
History Books are listed in the ads.
d. 1901-End papers show a green
colored girl reading with a decorative green border.
There are some books without any ads. At this time these books cannot
be dated.
4. Format 2 books have covers that are the same as Format 2/3 Young
People's Library Books (Series #202). They were published between
1902-1910.
5. The dates and priorities of Format 2 books can be determined by the
ads in the back of the book. Many of the earlier books of this format
have several pages of ads which precede the main 16 page ad section.
These former ads frequently are for the Young People's History Series
by Edward Ellis, Rataplan and miscellaneous non series books. It
appears that they were randomly inserted by Altemus over a several year
span. They are not helpful in dating these books and should be ignored
for that purpose. Only the main 16 page ad section can be used for
dating these books.
a. 1902- End papers show
reading girl. Last book on P.16 is Rataplan
b. 1902 (later)- End papers are
plain. Last book on P. 16 is Rataplan
c. 1904 (early)- P. 16 of the
ads lists Banbury Cross Series #1-8, Wee Books are advertised as two
book sets.
d. 1904 (late)- P.16 of the ads
lists Banbury Cross Series #1-8, Wee Books are listed as individual
books not sets of two.
e. 1905- P. 16 of the ads lists
the Banbury Cross Series Volumes #1-10. Page 11 lists Don't's for Boys
at the top of the page
f. 1908- P. 16 of the ads lists
the Banbury Cross Series Volumes #1-10. Page 11 Lists Mother Stories
Series Volumes 1-6
g. 1910- P. 16 of the ads lists
3 Automobile Girl's books
6. The covers of all the Format 2 books can be seen at http://henryaltemus.com/series/series202F2.htm
The dust jackets of these books are shown below. |
Format 1 #2
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Format 1 #4
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Format 1 #5
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Format 1 #6
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Format 1 #7
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Format 1 #8
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Format 1 #9
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Format 1 #10
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Format 1 #11
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Format 1 #13
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Format 1 #14
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Format 1 #15
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Format 1 #15-Variant
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Format 1 #16
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Format 1 #17
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Format 1 #17 DJ
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Format 1 #18
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Format 1 #19
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Format 2 #4 DJ
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Format 2 #5 DJ
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Format 2 #6 DJ
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Format 2 #7 DJ
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Format 2 #10 DJ
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Format 2 #15 DJ
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Format 2 #16 DJ
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