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 Meredith's Poetical Works (containing Lucile) is large, and we have only begun to correlate reported copies with PTLA records. At the moment this page consists simply of summaries by edition name and by year.

Summary by Edition Name of Meredith's Poetical Works Described in PTLA, 1880-1915:
Alligator (padded), 1886
Abbotsford, 1899-1907
American Half Russia, 1886-1887
Astor (cloth), 1896-1914
Bamboo (padded), 1886
Beauvais (padded leather), 1905-1907
(Red Line) British Poets (not illustrated, cloth), 1880-1889
(Red Line) British Poets (not illustrated, half-russia), 1885, 1888
(Red Line) British Poets (red line, illustrated, cloth), 1880-1897
(Red Line) British Poets (red line, illustrated, half levant), 1890-1891
(Red Line) British Poets (12mo, red line, illustrated, half-russia), 1881, 1888-1895
(Red Line) British Poets (12mo, red line, illustrated), Am. tree calf, 1883
(Red Line) British Poets (12mo, red line, illustrated), alligator, 1884-1885
Cameo (padded leather), 1906-1908
Canterbury, 1899
Cordova (padded burnt leather), 1904-1905
Embossed calf (padded), 1887-1889
Endymion (elephant grain leather), 1904-1907
Favorite (cloth), 1894-1898, 1902-1905
Favorite (full levant), 1894-1899
Favorite (padded calf), 1894-1898
Favorite (half calf), 1902-1906
Favorite (padded levant), 1894
Favorite (polished calf), 1898
Favorite (tree calf), 1894-1899
Favorite Illustrated (cloth), 1884, 1888-1892
Favorite Illustrated (morocco), 1884
Favorite Illustrated (Persian Levant), 1890-1892
Favorite Illustrated (Russia calf), 1888-1890, 1892
Favorite Illustrated (tree calf), 1884, 1890, 1892
Favorite Illustrated (turkey morocco), 1888-1890
Flexible Seal, 1889
Florentine (full leather), 1895-1896
Gilt Edge, 1898-1905
Gladstone (cloth), 1897-1915
Gladstone (half calf), 1897-1907
Imperial (cloth), 1892-1903
Imperial (padded levant), 1895-1896
India Bamboo (red line, padded), 1887-1888
Laurel (red line, padded), 1888-1889
Library Edition (cloth), 1886-1907
Library Edition (half calf), 1886, 1888-1889, 1891-1902
Mistletoe (padded), 1893
Mosaic (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
New Favorite Illustrated, 1890-1893
New Woodbine, 1905-1908
Olive (padded leather), 1890-1896
Padded Grecian Morocco, 1896-1903
Padded Persian Calf, 1896-1898
Peerless (cloth), 1895
Persian Leopard (padded), 1885-1886
Popular Poets (cloth), 1884-1887
Popular Poets (morocco), 1887
Popular Poets (russia), 1887
Popular Poets (tree calf), 1887
Popular Poets (turkey morocco), 1887
Portrait (cloth), 1894-1898
Portrait (3/4 morocco), 1895-1899
Presentation (red line cloth), 1891
Presentation (red line pebble calf), 1891
Russian Morocco, 1904-1905
Seal Russia (padded), 1886-1886, 1888
Selwyn (cloth?), 1909-1913
Sparrow (padded leather), 1889
Three Quarters Crushed Morocco, 1904-1907
Touraine, 1903-1905
University, 1897-1899
Venetian Bamboo, 1890-1892
Westminster (half decorated cloth), 1894-1903
Wild Rose (extra cloth), 1887-1890
Windermere (padded leather), 1906-1907
Woodbine, 1889-1905, 1909-1914

Summary by Year of Meredith's Poetical Works as Described in PTLA, 1880-1915

1880: British Poets (or Crowell's New Illustrated. 12mo. Tinted paper, plain edge, not illustrated, or gilt, red line, illustrated
1881: as 1880, adds red line in half-russia
1882-1883: British (or Crowell's Red Line) Poets, plain, red line, and red line in American tree calf.
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. Library Edition (cloth and half calf, without illustrations).
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). Library Edition.
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, half calf), Favorite Illustrated (cloth, tree calf, Russia calf, Turkey morocco), Wild Rose (cloth). [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). [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). [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, Presentation (red line cloth, red line pebble calf). [Cuts].
1892: 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), Mosaic Edition of Red Line Poets (full leather). [Cuts].
1893: Half Russia, Red Line, Woodbine, Mistletoe (padded), Olive, Library, Imperial, New Favorite Illustrated, Mosaic. [Cuts].
1894: Half Russia, Red Line, Woodbine, Westminster (half decorated cloth), Olive, Imperial, Portrait, Favorite (cloth, full levant, tree calf, padded calf, padded levant), Library (cloth, half calf). [Cuts].
1895: Half Russia, Red Line, Peerless (cloth), Woodbine, Westminster, Florentine (full leather), Olive, Imperial (cloth, padded levant), Portrait (cloth, three quarters morocco), Favorite (cloth, full levant, tree calf, padded calf, Library (cloth, half calf). [Cuts].
1896: Astor, Red Line, Woodbine, Westminster, Florentine, Olive, Padded Grecian morocco, Padded Persian calf, Imperial (cloth, padded levant), Portrait (cloth, three quarters morocco), Favorite (cloth, full levant, tree calf, padded calf), Library (cloth, half calf). [Cuts].
1897: Astor, Red Line, Woodbine, Westminster, Padded Grecian morocco, Padded Persian calf, Imperial (cloth, padded levant), Portrait (cloth, three quarters morocco), Favorite (cloth, full levant, tree calf, padded calf), Library (cloth, half calf), Gladstone (cloth, half calf), University. [Cuts].
1898: Astor, Gilt Edge, Woodbine, Westminster, Padded Grecian morocco, Padded Persian calf, Imperial (cloth), Portrait (cloth, three quarters morocco), Favorite (cloth, full levant, tree calf, padded calf, polished calf), Library (cloth, half calf), Gladstone (cloth, half calf), University. [Cuts].
1899: Astor, Abbotsford, Gilt Edge, Woodbine, Westminster, Canterbury, Padded Grecian morocco, Imperial (cloth), Portrait (three quarters morocco), Favorite (full levant, tree calf), Library (cloth, half calf), Gladstone (cloth, half calf), University. [Cuts].
1900: Astor, Abbotsford, Gilt Edge, Woodbine, Westminster, Padded Grecian morocco, Imperial (cloth), New Favorite (cloth, full levant, tree calf), Library (cloth, half calf), Gladstone (cloth, half calf). [Cuts].
1901: Astor, Abbotsford, Gilt Edge, Woodbine, Westminster, Padded Grecian morocco, Imperial (cloth), New Favorite (cloth, full levant, half calf), Library (cloth, half calf), Gladstone (cloth, half calf). [Cuts].
1902: Astor, Abbotsford, Gladstone (cloth, half calf), Gilt Edge, Library (cloth, half calf), Padded Grecian Morocco, Westminster, Woodbine, Imperial, Favorite (cloth, half calf). [Cuts].
1903: Astor, Abbotsford, Gladstone (cloth, half calf), Gilt Edge, Library (cloth), Padded Grecian Morocco, Westminster, Woodbine, Touraine, Favorite (cloth, half calf), Imperial. [Cuts].
1904: Astor, Abbotsford, Gladstone (cloth, half calf), Gilt Edge, Library (cloth), Woodbine, Touraine, Three Quarters Crushed Morocco, Russian Morocco, Cordova (padded burnt leather), Endymion (elephant grain leather), Favorite (cloth, half calf). [Cuts].
1905: Astor, Abbotsford, Gladstone (cloth, half calf), Gilt Edge, Library (cloth), New Woodbine, Woodbine, Touraine, Three Quarters Crushed Morocco, Russian Morocco, Cordova, Endymion, Beauvais (padded leather), Favorite (cloth, half calf). [Cuts].
1906: Astor, Abbotsford, Gladstone (cloth, half calf), Library (cloth), New Woodbine, Windermere (padded leather), Cameo (padded leather), Three Quarters Crushed Morocco, Endymion, Beauvais, Favorite (half calf). [Cuts].
1907: Astor, Abbotsford, Gladstone (cloth, half calf), Library (cloth), New Woodbine, Windermere, Cameo (padded leather), Three Quarters Crushed Morocco, Endymion, Beauvais. [Cuts].
1908: Astor, Gladstone (cloth), New Woodbine, Cameo. [Cuts].
1909: Astor, Selwyn (cloth?), Gladstone (cloth), Woodbine. [Cuts].
1910-1913: Astor, Selwyn, Gladstone (cloth), Woodbine. [Cuts].
1914: Astor, Gladstone (cloth), Woodbine. [Cuts].
1915: Gladstone (cloth). [Cut].

 

Last revised: 5 November 2010