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1898 PTLA : [Birds-eye view of printing works].

[1900]

----, nd. 100x157mm, 379p. Lithographed frontispiece portrait and titlepage printed red and black. Verso titlepage: W.B. Conkey, Publishers and General Book Manufacturers, Hammond, Ind. Green linen-finish cloth stamped red and dark green floral pattern. BAP C3; Library of Congress (NL 0594664) is copyright copy dated 8/13/1900.

1903 PTLA: [Individual titles in series and editions are not listed, so Lucile may (or may not) be represented in each of the following]:

Acorn Padded Edition: 12mos., 35 volumes. Illustrated. 12mos. Bound in tanned French seal leather embossed with a spray of oak leaves extending across both sides and back of the cover, the design is exceedingly harmonious in treatment, the colors used being the different shades of brown seen on oak leaves in the Autumn, which blend with the colors of the leather. Titles stamped in gold upon the back and the side. Round corners, red-under-gold edges, engraved end sheets, illuminated title pages, and frontispiece portraits of the authors. Price $1.50. The binding is the perfection of beauty and durability and is beautifully soft to the touch. (Cut of Lucile).

Ajax Padded Edition: 12mos., 35 volumes. Illustrated. 12mos. The same as the Acorn Padded Edition, except that the Ajax Edition has been prepared to meet the requirements of those preferring a book without colored ornamentations. / This edition has beautiful gold cornerpiece, side and back titles, making it a very attractive volume. In mechanical excellence it far surpasses any of the present padded editions on the market. Price $1.50. / The binding is the perfection of beauty and durability and is beautifully soft to the touch. / Round corners, red-under-gold edges, engraved end sheets, illuminated title pages, and frontispiece portrait of the authors.

----, nd. 120x185mm, 400p. Lithographed frontispiece portrait and titlepage in green and brown nouveauish floral design. Brown goatskin-grained padded leather binding stamped gold. Aeg over red. Gilt endsheets. S&EH.

Amaranth Series: Handy Shape, 100 volumes, cloth 20 cents.

Avalon Edition of the Poets: 12mos., 35 volumes, silk cloth. 50 cents.

Calumet Series: 12mos., 300 volumes, paper covers. 25 cents.

Classic Gift Editions: 12mos., 100 volumes, cloth embellished with lithographs, boxed. $1.00.

Famous Gold Top Series: 12mos., 100 volumes, cloth. 35 cents.

New Abbey Series: 12mos., 400 volumes, cloth. 25 cents.

New Ivory Series: Handy Shape, white art vellum, 50 cents.

New Library Edition: 300 volumes; English silk-ribbed cloth. 75 cents.

New Homewood Series: 12mos., 400 volumes; cloth. 50 cents.

New Oxford Series: 12mos., 400 volumes; cloth. 50 cents.

University Series: Handy Shape Editions. 80 volumes. Illustrated. Unabridged editions of popular favorites, conspicuous for exquisite beauty and artistic makeup. Books that are always in demand. Seasons do not affect them. Every book in the series is an all-the-year-round seller. Printed on fine non-fading paper and bound in silk cloth, beautifully embellished with an extremely effective design in gilt and two colors of ink. The books are illustrated with half-tone illustrations, and carry a title page in colors and printed end sheets. Printed wrappers. Price 35 cents.

----, nd. 103x159mm, 400p [p399-400 missing]. Red cloth stamped black, deco design. No illustrations. Plain endsheets. Cheap paper. [Later, cheaper version of 1903 University Series?] BAP C6; S&EH: inscription dated '07.

1904 PW Sep 24: The Ajax Padded Edition of the Poets. 12mos. Bound in embossed padded leather stamped in gold, red-under-gold edges, round corners, and boxed. The binding is the perfection of beauty and durability and is beautifully soft to the touch. / Printed on excellent paper from New Plates, title pages in illuminated artistic colors. Illustrated frontispieces. Artistic end sheets. 40 volumes. Price (ET) $1.50. [Also paragraph for "Dainty Books in Padded Leather Bindings" (50 volumes, 75 cents), the "New Cameo Series" (600 volumes, 35 cents), and "The Abbey Series" (200 volumes, 25 cents)].

1900-1905 American Catalogue. '04 (N5) por[trait]. D.[size designation=12mo, 20cm] (Ajax padded poets). French seal, $1.50.

Following reported copies are not yet identified to edition:

----. nd. 120x185mm, 400p. Lithographed frontispiece portrait and deco titlepage. Full red leather stamped with white, green and gold floral border. Aeg. Gilt endsheets. Chemise and red cloth slipcase. BAP C1.

----. nd. 120x185mm, 400p. Lithographed frontispiece portratit and deco titlepage printed green and black. Blue cloth stamped green, white and gold. Teg, plain endsheets. S&EH.

----, nd. 100x165mm, 400p. Lithographed frontispiece portrait and titlepage printed green and brown. Half brown leather, paper sides, spine gilt; teg. [Marbled?] endsheets (same stock as used to finish boards). BAP C2: chemise and black cloth slipcase.

----, nd. 113x158mm, 400p. Tan cloth stamped dark blue and red floral pattern. Plain endsheets. Cheap paper. Partial label of Book Dept., A. Hamburger & [...], Los Angeles. BAP C4.

----, nd. 98x157mm, 400p. Tan cloth stamped dark blue and red deco floral pattern (same design on Homewood edition). Plain endsheets. Cheap paper. BAP C5; copy owned by Laura Morgan (Indiana Wesleyan University) and given to her grandmother in 1901 or 1902.

----, nd. 98x157mm, 400p. Cream cloth stamped maroon and red deco floral pattern. Plain endsheets. Cheap paper. BAP: April 1906 flyleaf inscription.

----, nd. 105x157mm. Blue padded leather. Handy volume size. Note that tool in lower right corner is smaller version of tool used on 1903 Acorn edition. Owned by a staff member of the Lilly Library.

----, nd. 105x150mm. Limp ooze, handpainted with floral motif, much deteriorated. S&EH.

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