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... moved to 715 Market Street in 1861; this address destroyed by fire in 1899. (DLB 49). In 1885 the firm was reorganized as a stock company... by the end of the nineteenth century, Lippincott's headquarters at 715 Market, where it had moved in 1861, had become a Philadelphia tourist attraction. The firm's twenty-nine presses were printing about 2,000 titles a year.... A fire in 1899 destroyed the firm's office and manufacturing plant.... By 1901 the new building at East Washington Square was ready for occupancy. (DLB 49). ... issued some cheap books throughout the entire period 1870-1891. The Lippincott catalog for 1876 listed twenty-five cent editions of Scott's novels in illuminated paper covers. In the latter part of the 1880s he published complete books such as The Light That Failed and A Picture of Dorian Gray in a single issue of Lippincott's Magazine, later issuing them separately at twenty-five cents each. (Shove). Some additional information is given on the Major Publishers pages of the Hyde Park Book Store.

1882 PTLA. Popular Poets. Bound in full calf, round corners, assorted colors, illuminated with floral and appropriate designs, painted by hand. Price, $4.00. [Both Meredith and Lucile included]. Bound in full calf, round corners, silk centers, illuminated with foral designs, painted by hand. Price $4.00. [Only Lucile is offered].

----. J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1883. 122x190mm, 369p. Frontispiece portrait. Red line edition. Few illustrations. Green cloth stamped gold, beveled edges, brown glazed endsheets. BAP L.5

1884 PTLA. Popular Poets. With Oxford Red Line Borders, Lansdowne Style. Cloth, Gilt Edges and Gilt Sides. $1.25. [Both Meredith and Lucile included]. The Same. Household Editions. Neatly Bound in Cloth. $1.25. The Same. Morocco. $2.00. The Same. Tree Calf, Extra. $4.00.

1888 PTLA. Select List of Poets, in Leather Binding. New and Beautiful Style. Padded. Retail price, $2.00. [Both Meredith and Lucile included].

----. J.B. Lippincott Co., 1888. 121x190mm, 407p. Verso titlepage: Entered according to the act... R. Worthington 1885. Yellow brown cloth stamped black, spine title gold. Endsheets are printed advertising for other Lippincott publications. Poor quality paper. BAP L1: "Sept. 1888" written on titlepage in contemporary hand.

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