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Established at 15 East Sixteenth Street in New York in 1887 to distribute the titles of its London parent firm, founded by Thomas Longman in 1724. Charles J. Mills came from England in 1889 to manage the New York branch and was succeeded by his sons and grandsons until the firm was dissolved in 1961.... company published its own books... In 1895 Longmans, Green moved to 91-93 Fifth Avenue.... In 1910 the firm became a tenant of the new Dodd, Mead Building at 443-444 Fourth Avenue at Thirtieth Street. (DLB 49). Charles Mills opened New York branch 1875, converted to partnership 1889; before 1889 operated as distributing and importing agency for English office. (Brief Studies).

1890-1895 American Catalogue. New ed. '94. 12o. $3; 1902 United States Catalog. Lucile. $3.

The Literary World, June 30, 1894, p203. "Of a new edition of Owen Meredith's poems we have received Lucile and Selected Poems, bound in claret cloth and excellently printed. Mrs. Balfour, the poet's daughter, has made the selection, and explains its plan in her modest introduction. She accounts for the comparative unpopularity of her father's verse, with the exception of Lucile, thus: 'Circumstances, in some respects, were against him. For the larger part of his life he was an exile. Neither books, periodicals, nor reflection on his art could supply the place of direct intercourse with the representatives, few or many, of that outer circle to which he addressed himself.... On his return from exile his own contemporaries had in large measure passed away, and he failed to gain touch with the spirit of a younger age.' -- Longmans, Green & Co." See also similar notice in The Dial 16.

1893 PTLA: [Lucile is offered as are several other Meredith works]. Cf. British Library Catalogue BL 011652.g.5, New edition, 333p.

----. 1893. 19cm, 333p. Tan cloth stamped gold. University of Michigan.

----. 1893. 186mm, 333p. Plum buckram, spine title gold. Contains the later apologetic preface rather than dedication. University of Texas, Austin.

1894 PTLA: [as 1893, price] $3.00. [Also in "Selected List of Books Published During 1893:] Lucile. New Edition. Crown 8vo. $3.00.

1895-1905 PTLA: [As 1894, without "Selected List" notice].

----, Longmans, Green, and Co., 39 Paternoster Row, 1906. 18cm, 333p. Titlepage reads: New Edition (1893) Re-issue. Blue cloth with paper label on spine. University of North Carolina: NUC0594669.

1906-1910 PTLA: [Lucile and other titles dropped; only Marah retained].

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