R.F. Fenno and Company
New York, 1885-1929

"R.F. Fenno and Company was found in 1885 ... at 112 Fifth Avenue, New York, to publish fiction. It offered editions of classics as well as new works of fiction in cloth and paper wrappers. ... By the turn of the century the firm was in financial trouble and between 1903 and 1905 was managed by a committee of its creditors. ...[Robert F.] Fenno retired from the firm in 1929. It was continued by his associates under the name of Diehl, Landau and Pettit. This company was succeeded by the Landau Book Compnay, Incorporated...." (DLB 49:163). An obituary of Fenno appeared in Publishers' Weekly 132 (4 September 1937):824.

1899. R.F. Fenno & Company, 9 and 11 East 16th Street. 12x18.5mm, 311p. Light blue cloth stamped white. Plain endsheets. Note that editions on 311 pages are also published by E.A. Weeks, George M. Hill, and Siegel Cooper. E&SH.

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