"In 1893 The Merriam Company of St. Paul, Minnesota, succeeded the Price-McGill Company, which had been formed in 1891. The firm moved to New York city early in 1894 when it acquired the jobbing business of Saalfield and Fitch, 12 Bible House, Astor Place. Merriam soon moved to 67 Fifth Avenue and was incorporated there in February 1895... In the fall of 1897 Merriam went into receivership upon the application of Robert H. Merriam, president, and Arthur James Saalfield, a director." (DLB 49:302)

----, nd. 110x152mm, 360. Bound in a cream or tan cloth, both boards overlaid with stamped metal plates; metal has not yet been identified but may be silver or pewter. Text block has a running head in italic; four tipped in lithographic plates (from photographs) plus titlepage and frontispiece portrait. White textured paper endsheets. S&EH.

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