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Series Name:
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Popular Fiction Series
1927 - 1927
Mystery - Adventure |
Series Number:
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147
5
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Author: |
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Storm of the Old Frontier |
Hall, Marshall R. |
1927 |
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| 2 |
Treasure of Caricar |
Hinds, Roy W. |
1927 |
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| 3 |
Dark House in Florissant |
Kauffman, Reginald Wright |
1927 |
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| 4 |
Wages of Peril |
Bechdolt, Jack |
1927 |
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| 5 |
Murillo Mystery |
Poynter, Beulah |
1927 |
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Henry
Altemus Company
Cloth. Cover is blind stamped in blue or red with the title and author
in plain letters. Dust jacket has a multicolored pictorial book
specific picture. 6.5 x 4.5.
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All
five titles have a 1927 Altemus copyright. Four of the books were
published previously in periodicals.
1. Storm of the Old Frontier
2. Treasure of Caricar
3. Dark House in Florissant
4. Wages of Peril
5. Murillo Mystery
Storm of the Old Frontier was first published as a serialized story in
People's Popular Monthly. The first installment appeared in the May,
1926 issue. That periodical is shown below.
The Altemus book has no illustrations except for the dust jacket cover
which was done by John Drew. The serialized version has a number of
pictures. The illustrator is Paul Gill.
Both The Treasure of Caricar by Roy W. Hinds and The Wages of Peril by
Jack Bechdolt were originally copyrighted by the Red Star News Company
in 1926 and 1925 respectively. Its weekly publication, Flynn's ,
carried both serialized stories.
The Wages of Peril first appeared in Flynn's as its cover story on the
August 8, 1925 cover.
The Treasure of Caricar also appeared in this weekly in the September
4th, 11th, and 18th issues in 1926.
The Murillo Mystery was first published in 1926 by the Mystery Magazine
Company in their Mystery Magazine. It is found in the June 25th and
July 1st issues.
(Thanks to Phil Stephenson-Payne. His sensational site is at http://www.philsp.com
and gives an incredible amount of information about these pulps. It
would be well worth some time perusing his work)
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Altemus Correspondence
Here is a 1927 letter from the
Henry Altemus Company to an unknown Book Review Editor touting the
greatness of the Wages of Peril written by Jack Bechdolt. The letter
summarizes the plot of the book.
There is a note on the bottom of the letter which says "Did not
review".
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