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New York, 1892-?
Frank F. Lovell set up this company in partnership with his brother Charles at [Lovell Co., i.e., J.W. Lovell's conglomerate United States Book Co. formed in 1891-1892] Worth Street address in 1892. (Tebbel II:350).
Known copies:
45 Vesey Street, nd. 97x148p, 379p. "Exmoor Edition" on top board
(as banner below silhouette). Light green cloth stamped silver with
silhouette of head in laurel crown, enclosed in a circle, thorny rose
above and below (repeated in smaller form on spine). Plain endsheets.
Running head in a gothic face. Poor quality paper. BAP HB1.
45
Vesey Street, nd. 90x145mm, 379p. Running head is "Lucile" in a
gothic face. Tan linen finish cloth, plain endsheets. "LUCILE" in an
ornately developed rectangle at top of board. "Exmoor Edition" is
stamped in lower right corner. University of Iowa: NL 0594637.
1890?, On Cover: Exmoor Edition: NL 0594637 NYPL, rebound.
45
Vesey Street, nd. 95x150mm, 379p. "Dresden Edition" on top board.
Running head is "Lucile" in a gothic face. Rose cloth stamped silver.
Plain endsheets. BAP.
45
Vesey Street, nd. 95x150mm, 379p. Frontispiece portrait of Lucile,
second lithographic titlepage. Running head is "Lucile" in a gothic
face. Quarter dark-green cloth stamped gold finished with lighter
green cloth stamped gold, "PRESENTATION EDITION" stamped in lower
right corner. Teg, silk bookmark, floral endsheets printed green and
gold. S&EH: inscription dated June 15, 1895.

122 & 124 Worth Street, Aug. 5, 1893. 97x140mm, 379p. Running head is "Lucile" in a gothic face. Printed on newsprint with heavier paper wrappers printed as shown."THE PREMIUM LIBRARY" printed on spine; date at bottom of spine. BAP.


45 Vesey St., Aug. 5, 1893. 97x140mm, 379p. Running head is "Lucile" in a gothic face. Printed on newsprint with heavier paper wrappers printed as shown."THE PREMIUM LIBRARY" printed on spine; date at bottom of spine. S&EH. Inscription on flyleaf dated xmas 1899. Obtained accompanied by a Premium Library copy of Bracebridge Hall, number 81 in the series "published quarterly with annual subscription of $1.00 July, 1895," with the same cover illustrations and quotes,which was sent to BAP.
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