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Founded by W.H. Merriam in 1840... became Merriam, Moore & Co., about 1850... Another change of partners in 1882 made it Nims & Knight, and ten years later the business was moved to Boston where it was incorporated as the Joseph Knight Co., leaving behind its retail and stationery division, which was continued as H.B. Nims & Co. It was this corporation [i.e., Knight?] that became L.C. Page in 1897. (Tebbel)

1884 PTLA: Remainders. We are making the handling of remainders a more prominent feature of our business than ever before, buying in the very largest quantities, and often securing every copy in the market. Such stock we offer at low prices, securing to the trade many tempting bargains, which can be jobbed and retailed at a much better profit than regular stock. The list below includes only such stock as we have in large quantities. / We name the original prices at which the books were published, and our prices to the trade. From these prices a small discount will be made to the trade, and special net prices will be quoted for large lots.... Lucile by Owen Meredith. 8 vo, paper, illustrated. Published at 50c. Reduced to ... 18.

[1884 per NUC]: University of California at Irvine: no longer in collection.

1885 PTLA: Lucile--Owen Meredith. Family Edition. Fully illustrated, and uniform, with Family Editions of Longfellow, Whittier and Tennyson. 1 vol., 8vo, cloth, gilt, gilt edges... $2.50; 1 vol., 8v0, full crocodile, flexible... $4.00; 1 vol., 8vo, full American seal, flexible... $5.00.

----, 1886. 160x253mm, 369p. Titlepage: Illustrated. Verso titlepage: Copyright by T.Y. Crowell & Co., 1883 and 1885. At foot of page: Berwick & Smith, Printers, Boston. Pages bordered with black lines extended with spear points. Green cloth stamped red, black and gold (same dies as (Stokes Brothers) SB2a, SB2b except portrait in circle lower right and title stamps differ--"Lucile" runs down the spine rather than up, "L"s and "E"s have curled ends). Beveled edges; aeg. Glazed green endsheets. BAP N1a; University of Rochester.

----. As BAP N1a except gray cloth. BAP N1b; S&EH.

----. As BAP N1a/1b except brown cloth. Oklahoma State University.

----. Library of Congress c7/27/85 (cloth color not verified).

----, 1886. 162x231mm, 369p. Text block as cloth copies but cropped top and bottom, spine guillotined off, edges tinted yellow, limp crocodile boards top and bottom, sewn in Chinese style. Plain endsheets. S&EH: inscribed Xmas 1885.

----. NUC NL 0594617 Wayne State; University of Virginia; University of Illinois (no longer held); Boston Public (no longer held).

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