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Perhaps
the most
popular
and
longest
running
series
that
Altemus
published
was the
Young
People’s
Library.
From 1895
until 1932
this
series was
published
in varying
formats
with
varying
book
lists. It
consisted
of
juvenile
fairy
tales and
stories in
addition
to a few
nonfiction
books.
The
multiple
formats
and their
variations
as well as
the ever
changing
numbering
can make
books from
this
series
somewhat
difficult
to date.
Complicating
the
picture is
the fact
that other
Altemus
series
occasionally
used
either the
plates,
dust
jackets or
covers for
their
books. The
Favorite
Series,
the Ever
New Series
and the
Boys and
Girls
Classics
are
examples.
There are
four basic
formats.
The first
two had
fairly
short
print runs
and can be
identified
easily by
the
characteristic
pattern on
the spines
of the
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