Thomas Y. Crowell & Company
New York, 1876-1979
Crowell occupied 744 Broadway in 1876; moved in 1881 to Clinton Hall (13 Astor Place?); to 46 East 14th in 1893; and when the Boston bindery and 46 East 14th leases expired together in 1900, moved to 426-428 Broadway. The Boston bindery was located first at 57 Washington, then 93 Federal, then 65 Kingston, and "finally" at 100 Purchase Street. (Tebbel).
The number of Crowell editions of Lucile is quite large. This page contains simply a summary of Luciles by edition name and by year. Note that there are two alphabets of edition names, one for Crowell's octavo formats, the second for Handy Volume Classics.
Summary of octavo format Luciles by Edition Name, as Described in Publishers' Trade List Annual, 1879-1931
Abbotsford, 1899-1907
Aligator (padded), 1886
American Half Russia, 1886-1887
American Seal, 1899-1900
Arcadia Classics, 1904-1906
Artist's (cloth), 1895-1898
Astor (cloth), 1896-1919
Autumnal (padded leather), 1911-1912
Bamboo (padded), 1886
Beauvais (padded leather), 1905-1906
Biltmore Series (padded leather), 1907
British Poets, (16mo, red line, cloth), 1879
British Poets, (12mo, not illustrated, cloth), 1880-1884
British Poets, (not illustrated, half russia), 1885
British Poets (Crowell's New Illustrated Editions), 12mo, red line illustrated 1880-1897
|British Poets (Crowell's New Illustrated Editions), red line, half-russia, 1881, 1888-1895
British Poets (Crowell's New Illustrated Editions), red line, American tree calf, 1882-1883
British Poets (Crowell's New Illustrated Editions), red line, Alligator, 1884-1885
Cameo (padded leather), 1906-1907
Canterbury, 1899
Caslon Classics (limp leather), 1906-1910
Colonial, 1900-1901
Copley, 1899-1902
Copley (limp leather), 1900-1901
Cordova (padded burnt leather), 1904-1905
Crushed Levant, 1899-1901
Elaine (novelty padded leather), 1909
Embossed Calf, 1887-1889
Faience (cloth), 1895-1902
Faience (agate calf), 1898
Faience (agate morocco), 1901-1902
Faience (inlaid padded morocco), 1901
Faience (leather), 1895-1897
Faience (Venetian morocco), 1902-1903
Family (cloth), 1888-1897
Family (Russia roan), 1888-1893
Family (half calf), 1889-1890
Family (embossed roan calf), 1894
Favorite (cloth), 1902-1907
Favorite (half calf), 1902-1907
Favorite (tree calf), 1903
Favorite Illustrated Edition (cloth), 1883, 1888-1898
Favorite Illustrated Edition (full levant), 1895-1899
Favorite Illustrated Edition (morocco), 1884
Favorite Illustrated Edition (padded calf), 1894-1898
|Favorite Illustrated Edition (padded levant), 1894-1895
Favorite Illustrated Edition (polished calf), 1897-1898
Favorite Illustrated Edition (tree calf), 1884, 1888-1890, 1893-1899
Favorite Illustrated Edition (Turkey morocco), 1888-1890
Favorite Illustrated Edition (Russia calf), 1888-1890, 1892
Favorite Illustrated Edition (Persian Levant), 1892
Favorite Persian Levant, 1890-1891
Flexible Seal, 1889
Florentine (full leather), 1895-1896
Gilt Edge, 1898-1906
Gladstone (cloth), 1897-1920
Gladstone (half calf), 1897-1912
Grosvenor Classics, 1904-1905
Half Levant, 1890-1891
Heidelberg, 1899-1900
Heidelberg Classics (3/4 morocco), 1906-1907
Imperial (cloth), 1892-1903
Imperial (padded levant), 1896-1897
India Bamboo (red line, padded), 1887-1888
Inlaid American Levant, 1901-1902
Landscape, 1901-1902
Laurel (red line, padded), 1888-1889
Library (cloth), 1888-1906
Library (half calf), 1889, 1891-1892, 1894-1906
Limp Circuit, 1899-1906
Limp Leather, 1901-1914
Limp Walrus, 1902-1903
Lotus (parti-colored cloth), 1891-1894
Lotus (China silk), 1891-1894
Lotus (changeable colored silk), 1891
Mistletoe (padded), 1893
Mogador Classics (novelty leather), 1907-1908
Mosaic Edition (red line, full leather), 1892-1893
New Favorite (cloth), 1900-1901
New Favorite (full levant), 1900-1901
New Favorite (half calf), 1901
New Favorite (tree calf), 1900-1901
New Favorite Illustrated, 1890-1893
New Padded Leather, 1906
New Woodbine, 1905-1908
Normandie, 1902-1904
Olive (padded leather), 1890-1896
Padded Grecian Morocco, 1896-1904
Padded Persian Calf, 1896-1897
Padded Hornback Alligator, 1907, 1909-1914
Persian Leopard Edition (padded), 1885-1886
Peerless (cloth), 1895
Popular, 1895-1897
Popular Poets (cloth), 1885-1887
Popular Poets (tree calf), 1887
Popular Poets (morocco), 1887
Popular Poets (russia), 1887
Popular Poets (turkey morocco), 1887
Premier (novelty leather), 1910-1914
Presentation (red line, cloth), 1891
Presentation (red line, pebble calf),1891
Renaissance, 1905-1906
Rhystone (novelty leather), 1909-1910
Riviera (padded novelty leather), 1909-1910
Roman, 1899-1901
Ruskin, 1899
Russia Morocco, 1904-1905
Seal Russia (padded), 1886-1888
Sparrow (padded leather), 1889
Three Quarters Crushed Morocco, 1904-1907
Touraine (padded ooze calf), 1903-1905
University, 1897-1900
Vendome Classics, 1904-1905
Venetian Bamboo, 1891-1892
Vienna, 1899
Violet, 1905-1907
Westminster (half decorated cloth), 1894-1902
Wild Rose (extra cloth), 1887-1890
Windermere (padded leather), 1906-1907, 1909-1911
Woodbine, 1889-1905, 1909-1918
Summary of editions of Handy Volume Classics:
Adelphi (padded novelty leather), 1906-1909
Aleppo, 1907-1908
Ancona (limp leather), 1911-1912
Aurelian (limp cochineal diamond grain leather), 1913-1914
Bangalore, 1905-1912
Birch Bark, 1900-1901
Cloth gilt top, 1898-1901
Copley (limp hand decorated leather), 1912-1913
Ecrase, 1919-1924
Embossed celluloid, 1896-1897
Etruscan (limp yapp leather), 1914-1921
Favorite (flexible leather), 1916 -1919
Flexible cloth, 1898
Flexible levant, 1895
Flexible marbled calf, 1902-1903
Flexible silk, 1907-1908
Fancy Tree Calf, 1895
"Fleur de Lis" (silk), 1910-1911
Full Leather, 1893-1894
Full Limp Leather, 1898-1931
Galahad (ooze leather), 1909-1915
Grecian morocco, 1896-1901
Half Calf, 1892-1893, 1895-1898
Half Leather, 1893, 1897-1898
Half Levant, 1892-1893
Handy Library (cloth?), 1908-1909
Hildago (Mexican leather), 1911-1912
Leathercraft (limp leather), 1914-1922
Leafcroft (limp leather), 1919-1923
Limp Circuit, 1901
Limp Lizard, 1902-1903
Limp Ooze Calf, 1903-1905
Luxemoor (limp leather), 1913-1914
Lombady (cloth), 1914-1915
Lucerne (novel style), 1907-1908
Lyric (padded leatheroid), 1912-1913
Marbled Calf, 1901
Matagamon (ooze leather), 1906-1907
Missal (vellum), 1910-1911
Monadnock (padded), 1909-1910
New Padded Leather, 1905, 1907-1908
Oak Leaf, 1898-1900
Padded Leather, 1901-1905, 1909-1914
Padded Ooze Leather, 1906
Padded Silk, 1904-1905
Parti-colored Cloth, 1892-1896
Persian, 1904
Photogravure, 1897
Pine Cone, 1901-1902
Pocket, 1902-1917
Popular, 1902
Presentation (cloth), 1908-1909
Presentation (leather), 1908-1909
Pyrogravure Series, 1903-1910
Rococo (limp fancy leather), 1911-1912
Roman leather, 1902
Segovia, 1904-1905
Silk, 1892-1896
Tuxedo (ooze leather), 1910-1914
Vellum Finish Cloth, 1892-1897
White Back, 1898-1901
White and Gold, 1895-1896
Summary by year of editions described in Publishers' Trade List Annual, 1879-1931
1879: British Poets, 18 vols. Large 16mo. Red Line.
1880: British Poets (or Crowell's New Illustrated Editions). 12mo. Tinted paper, plain edge, not illustrated, or gilt, red line, illustrated
1881: as 1880, adds red line in half-russia.
1882: British (or Crowell's Red Line) Poets, plain, red line, and red line in Am. tree calf
1883: British Poets as 1882; also Favorite Illustrated Edition (sq. 8vo.)
1884: Red Line Poets, plain and red line; red line in alligator. Popular Poets, Crowell's Favorite Illustrated Edition (cloth, morocco, or tree calf)
1885: Red Line Poets as 1884; also without illustrations in half-russia; Popular Poets; Persian Leopard Edition (padded).
1886: Red Line Poets, cloth. Bamboo Edition (padded). Seal Russia Edition (padded). Persian Leopard Edition (padded). Alligator Edition (padded). American Half Russia. Popular Poets.
1887: Red Line Poets, cloth. India Bamboo, Seal Russia, Embossed Calf, American Half Russia and Wild Rose (extra cloth). Popular Poets (cloth, tree calf, morocco, russia, turkey morocco).
1888: Crowell's Poets: Half-Russia, Red-Line (cloth), Seal Russia (red line, padded), Embossed Calf (red line, padded), Laurel (red line, padded), India Bamboo (red line, padded), Library (cloth), Favorite Illustrated (cloth, tree calf, Russia calf, Turkey morocco), Wild-Rose (cloth), Family (cloth, Russia roan calf). [Cuts of each style].
1889: Crowell's Poets: Half Russia, Laurel, Red Line, Flexible Seal, Embossed Calf, Woodbine, Wild-Rose, Sparrow (padded leather), Library (cloth, half calf), Favorite Illustrated (cloth, tree calf, Russia calf, Turkey morocco), Family (cloth, Russia roan, half calf). [Cuts].
1890: Crowell's Specialties in Poets. Half Levant, Half Russia, Venetian Bamboo, Red Line, Woodbine, Wild-Rose, Olive (padded leather), Library, New Favorite Illustrated, Favorite Persian Levant, Favorite Illustrated (cloth, tree calf, Russia calf, Turkey morocco), Family (cloth, Russia roan, half calf). [Cuts].
1891: Crowell's Specialties in Poets. Half Levant, Half Russia, Red Line, Woodbine, Venetian Bamboo, Olive, Library (cloth, half calf), New Favorite Illustrated, Favorite Persian Levant, Favorite Illustrated, Family (cloth, Russia roan), Lotus Series (Parti-colored cloth, China silk, Changeable Colored Silk), Presentation (red line cloth, red line pebble calf). [Cuts].
1892: Handy Volume Classics (parti-colored cloth, vellum finish cloth, silk, half calf, half Levant), Lotus Series (parti-colored cloth, silk), Half Russia, Red Line, Woodbine, Venetian Bamboo, Olive, Library (cloth, half calf), Imperial Edition, New Favorite Illustrated, Favorite Illustrated (cloth, tree calf, Russia calf, Persian Levant), Family (cloth, Russia roan), Mosaic Edition of Red Line Poets (full leather). [Cuts].
1893: Lotus (parti-colored cloth, silk), Handy Volume Classics (vellum finish cloth, part-colored cloth, half leather, silk, half calf, half Levant, full leather), Half Russia, Red Line, Woodbine, Mistletoe (padded), Olive, Library, Imperial, New Favorite Illustrated, Mosaic, Family (cloth, Russia roan). [Cuts].
1894: Handy Volume (vellum cloth, parti cloth, silk, half leather, half calf, half levant, full leather), Lotus (parti cloth, silk), Half Russia, Red Line, Woodbine, Westminster (half decorated cloth), Olive, Imperial, Favorite (cloth, tree calf, padded calf, padded levant), Family (cloth, embossed roan calf), Library (cloth, half calf). [Cuts].
1895: Handy Volume (vellum cloth, parti cloth, silk, white and gold, half calf, fancy tree calf, flexible levant), Popular, Faience (cloth, leather), Artist's, Half Russia, Red Line, Peerless (cloth), Woodbine, Florentine (full leather), Westminster, Olive, Imperial, Favorite (cloth, full levant, tree calf, padded calf, padded levant), Family (cloth), Library (cloth, half calf). [Cuts].
1896: Handy Volume (vellum cloth, parti cloth, silk, white and gold, half calf, embossed celluloid, Grecian morocco), Popular, Faience (cloth, leather, hand-painted), Artist's, Astor, Red Line, Woodbine, Florentine, Westminster, Olive, Padded Grecian Morocco, Padded Persian Calf, Imperial (cloth, padded levant), Favorite (cloth, full levant, tree calf, padded calf), Family (cloth), Library (cloth, half calf). [Cuts].
1897: Handy Volume (vellum cloth, Popular, photogravure, half leather, embossed celluloid, Grecian morocco, half calf), Faience (cloth, leather, hand-painted), Artist's, Astor, Red Line, Woodbine, Westminster, Padded Grecian Morocco, Padded Persian Calf, Imperial (cloth, padded levant), Favorite (cloth, full levant, tree calf, padded calf, polished calf), Family (cloth), Library (cloth, half calf), Gladstone (cloth, half calf), University. [Cuts].
1898: Handy Volume (flexible cloth, oak leaf, cloth gilt top, white back, half leather, full limp leather, Grecian morocco, half calf), Faience (cloth, agate calf), Artist's, Astor, Gilt Edge, Woodbine, Westminster, Padded Grecian Morocco, Imperial (cloth), Favorite (cloth, full levant, tree calf, padded calf, polished calf), Library (cloth, half calf), Gladstone (cloth, half calf), University. [Cuts].
1899: Handy Volume (oak leaf, cloth gilt top, white back, full limp leather), American seal, Grecian morocco, Roman, Faience (cloth), Vienna, Astor, Ruskin, Abbotsford, Gilt Edge, Woodbine, Westminster, Canterbury, Padded Grecian Morocco, Imperial (cloth), Favorite (full levant, tree calf), Library (cloth, half calf), Gladstone (cloth, half calf), University, Copley, Heidleberg, Limp Circuit, Crushed Levant. [Cuts].
1900: Handy Volume (birch bark, oak leaf, cloth gilt top, white back, full limp leather), American seal, Grecian morocco, Limp Circuit, Roman, Faience (cloth), Astor, Colonial, Abbotsford, Gilt Edge, Woodbine, Westminster, Grecian morocco padded, Imperial (cloth), New Favorite (cloth, full levant, tree calf), Library (cloth, half calf), Gladstone (cloth, half calf), University, Copley (cloth, limp leather), Heidleberg, Limp Circuit, Crushed Levant. [Cuts].
1901: Handy Volume (birch bark, pine cone, cloth gilt top, white back, full limp leather, padded leather, Grecian morocco, marbled calf, limp circuit), Roman, Faience (cloth; inlaid padded morocco, agate morocco), Astor, Colonial, Abbotsford, Gilt Edge, Woodbine, Westminster, Grecian morocco padded, Imperial (cloth), New Favorite (cloth, half calf, full levant, tree calf), Library (cloth, half calf), Gladstone (cloth, half calf), Copley (cloth, limp leather), Limp Circuit, Crushed Levant, Landscape, Limp Leather, Inlaid American Levant. [Cuts].
1902: Handy Volume Classics (Pocket, Popular, Pine Cone, Limp Leather, Padded Leather, Flexible Marbled Calf, Limp Lizard, Roman Leather), Faience (cloth, Venetian morocco, agate morocco), Normandie, Limp Walrus, Copley, Astor, Abbotsford, Gladstone (cloth, half calf), Gilt Edge, Library (cloth, half calf), Landscape, Padded Grecian Morocco, Westminster, Woodbine, Imperial, Limp Leather, Circuit, Inlaid American Levant, Favorite (cloth, half calf). [Cuts].
1903: Handy Volume Classics (Pocket, Full Limp Leather, Padded Leather, Limp Ooze Calf, Flexible Marbled Calf, Limp Lizard, Pyrogravure Leather), Normandie, Limp Walrus, Astor, Abbotsford, Gladstone (cloth, half calf), Gilt Edge, Library (cloth, half calf), Landscape, Padded Grecian Morocco, Woodbine, Touraine (padded ooze calf), Limp Leather, Circuit, Favorite (cloth, half calf, tree calf), Imperial, Faience Library (padded Venetian morocco). [Cuts].
1904: Handy Volume Classics (Pocket, Full Limp Leather, Persian, Padded Leather, Limp Ooze Calf, Segovia, Padded Silk), Arcadia Classics, Pyrogravure Series, Vendome Classics, Grosvenor Classics, Normandie, Astor, Abbotsford, Gladstone (cloth, half calf), Gilt Edge, Library (cloth, half calf), Woodbine, Touraine, Limp Leather, Three Quarters Crushed Morocco, Russia Morocco, Cordova (padded burnt leather), Padded Grecian Morocco, Circuit, Favorite (cloth, half calf). [Cuts].
1905: Handy Volume Classics (Pocket, Full Limp Leather, New Padded Leather, Padded Leather, Padded Ooze Leather, Limp Ooze Calf, Bangalore, Segovia, Padded Silk), Arcadia Classics, Renaissance, Pyrogravure Series, Vendome Classics, Grosvenor Classics, Astor, Violet, Abbotsford, Gladstone (cloth, half calf), Gilt Edge, Library (cloth, half calf), New Woodbine, Woodbine, Touraine, Limp Leather, Three Quarters Crushed Morocco, Russia Morocco, Cordova, Circuit, Beauvais (padded leather), Favorite (cloth, half calf). [Cuts].
1906: Handy Volume Classics (Pocket, Full Limp Leather, New Padded Leather, Bangalore, Adelphi (padded novelty leather), Padded Ooze Leather, Matagamon (ooze leather)), Caslon (limp leather), Arcadia Classics, Pyrogravure Series, Heidelberg Classics (three quarter morocco), Biltmore Series (padded leather), Renaissance, Astor, Violet, Abbotsford, Gladstone (cloth, half calf), Gilt Edge, Library (cloth, half calf), New Woodbine, Windermere (padded leather), Cameo (padded leather), Limp Leather, Three Quarters Crushed Morocco, Circuit, Beauvais, Favorite (cloth, half calf). [Cuts].
1907: Handy Volume Classics (Lucerne (novel style), Pocket, Full Limp Leather, Flexible Silk, New Padded Leather, Bangalore, Aleppo, Adelphi, Caslon, Matagamon), Pyrogravure Series, Heidelberg Classics, Mogador Classics (novelty leather), Astor, Violet, Abbotsford, Gladstone (cloth, half calf), New Woodbine, Windermere, Padded Hornback Alligator, Cameo, Limp Leather, Three Quarters Crushed Morocco, Favorite (cloth, half calf). [Cuts].
1908: Handy Volume Classics (Lucerne, Handy Library (cloth?), Pocket, Full Limp Leather, Presentation (cloth, leather), New Padded Leather, Flexible Silk, Bangalore, Aleppo, Adelphi), Pyrogravure Series, Caslon Classics, Mogador Classics, Astor, Gladstone (cloth, half calf), New Woodbine, Limp Leather. [Cuts].
1909: Handy Library, Handy Volume Classics (Pocket, Full Limp Leather, Presentation (cloth, leather), Monadnock (padded), Padded Leather, Galahad (ooze leather), Bangalore, Rylstone (novelty leather), Adelphi), Pyrogravure Series, Caslon Classics, Astor, Gladstone (cloth, half calf), Riviera (padded novelty leather), Woodbine, Padded Hornback Alligator, Windermere, Elaine (novelty padded leather), Limp Leather. [Cuts].
1910: Handy Volume Classics ("Fleur de Lis" (silk), Missal (vellum), Tuxedo (ooze leather), Pocket, Full Limp Leather, Monadnock, Padded Leather, Galahad, Bangalore, Rylstone), Pyrogravure Series, Caslon Classics, Astor, Gladstone (cloth, half calf), Riviera, Woodbine, Padded Hornback Alligator, Windermere, Premier (novelty leather), Limp Leather. [Cuts].
1911: Handy Volume Classics (Ancona (limp leather), Rococo (limp fancy leather), Hidalgo (Mexican leather), "Fleur de Lis", Missal, Tuxedo, Pocket, Full Limp Leather, Padded Leather, Galahad, Bangalore,), Autumnal (padded leather), Astor, Gladstone (cloth, half calf), Woodbine, Padded Hornback Alligator, Windermere, Premier, Limp Leather. [Cuts].
1912: Handy Volume Classics (Pocket, Full Limp Leather, Lyric (padded leatheroid), Copley (limp hand decorated leather), Padded Leather, Bangalore, Galahad, Ancona, Rococo, Tuxedo, Hidalgo, Astor, Gladstone (cloth, half calf), Woodbine, Padded Hornback Alligator, Autumnal, Premier, Limp Leather. [Cuts].
1913: Handy Volume Classics (Pocket, Full Limp Leather, Luxemoor (limp leather), Aurelian (limp cochineal diamond grain leather), Lyric, Copley, Padded Leather, Galahad, Tuxedo), Astor, Gladstone (cloth), Woodbine, Padded Hornback Alligator, Premier, Limp Leather. [Cuts].
1914: Handy Volume Classics (Pocket, Full Limp Leather, Lombardy (cloth?), Etruscan (limp yapp leather), Leathercraft (limp leather), Luxemoor, Aurelian, Padded Leather, Galahad, Tuxedo), Astor, Gladstone (cloth), Woodbine, Padded Hornback Alligator, Premier, Limp Leather. [Cuts].
1915: Handy Volume Classics (Pocket, Full Limp Leather, Lombardy, Etruscan, Leathercraft, Galahad), Astor, Gladstone (cloth), Woodbine. [Cuts].
1916: Handy Volume Classics (Pocket, Full Limp Leather, Etruscan, Leathercraft, Favorite (flexible leather)), Astor, Gladstone (cloth), Woodbine. [Cuts].
1917: Handy Volume Classics (Pocket, Full Limp Leather, Etruscan, Leathercraft, Favorite), Astor, Gladstone (cloth), Woodbine. [Cuts].
1918: Handy Volume Classics (Full Limp Leather, Etruscan, Leathercraft, Favorite), Astor, Gladstone (cloth), Woodbine. [Cuts].
1919: Handy Volume Classics (Leafcroft (limp leather), Full Limp Leather, Etruscan, Leathercraft, Favorite, Ecrase (flexible leather)), Astor, Gladstone (cloth). [Cuts].
1920: Handy Volume Classics (Leafcroft, Full Limp Leather, Etruscan, Leathercraft, Ecrase), Gladstone (cloth). [Cuts].
1921: as 1920.
1922: Handy Volume Classics (Leafcroft, Full Limp Leather, Leathercraft, Ecrase). [Cuts].
1923: Handy Volume Classics (Leafcroft, Full Limp Leather, Ecrase). [Cuts].
1924: Handy Volume Classics (Full Limp Leather, Ecrase). [Cuts].
1925: Handy Volume Classics (Full Limp Leather). [Cut].
1926-1931: as 1925.
Last revised: 5 November 2010