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The relationship of this imprint to Donohue, Henneberry & Co. and to M.A. Donohue Company is not clearly understood. Address of 407-409 Dearborn seems to point to post-Donohue, Henneberry. Donohue Brothers was, perhaps, a short-lived successor to Donohue, Henneberry from which M.A. Donohue emerged. The firm appears in the Chicago Lakeside directories only in the year 1900.
Three editions are known. One is "handy volume" size:
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407-429 Dearborn, nd. 98x149mm, 379p. Lithographic frontispiece and
titlepage printed brown and red. Running head is "Lucile" in a gothic
face. Full black calf embossed and stamped gold. Teg. Printed faux
marble endsheets. BAP DB1: chemise and blue cloth slipcase.
and two are "library-size":
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407-429 Dearborn, nd. 120x190mm, 369p. Titlepage: Complete and
Unabridged Edition. "Donohue Bros/Chicago" at foot of spine.
Grey/blue cloth stamped black and orange with winged figure in a
circle [see Donohue, Henneberry and M.A. Donohue for same
stamping]. Plain endsheets of better paper than block. Poor
quality paper. S&EH.
----. As above but even poorer paper. S&EH: inscription dated
1901-2.
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407-429 Dearborn, nd. 120x189mm, 369p. Titlepage: Complete and
Unabridged Edition. "Donohue Brothers" at foot of spine. Lightly
gained plum cloth stamped black with nouveauish design of central
figure and border based on Aldine-ish leaves. Plain endsheets. Poor
quality paper. S&EH: inscribed 1902; BAP: ex-library copy with
some fading.
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