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... publishers of cheap juveniles in series (especially those of Horatio Alger, Jr)... (Ashby/Stern). 822 Chestnut Street in 1848; by 1891 the firm had moved to 900 Chestnut Street... Benjamin Coates had died in 1887; G. Morrison Coates, who had become a senior partner in 1869, died in 1893. Upon the retirement of Porter two years later, the firm was renamed Henry T. Coates and Company. In 1898 it moved to 1222 Chestnut Street....(DLB 49). 1884-1890 American Catalogue. ['87]. il. 12o. (Alta ed., no. 129).

1887 PTLA: 12mo. Cloth. Alta Editions. Illustrated. [$].75. / Alta Edition. Best Popular 12mos. Comprising 150 Vols. Of the most Popular and Best Selling Books. Each book bound in the handsomest manner, with a beautiful black and gold back stamp, ornamental side and silk ribbon marker.

1888-1880 PTLA: as 1887... Comprising 162 Vols....

1890-1893 PTLA: as 1887... Comprising 164 Vols....

1894 PTLA: as 1897... Comprising 201 Vols....

1895 PTLA: as 1887... Retail at 50 Cents.

Reported copies:

----. nd. 125x195mm, 407p. Cover: Alta Edition. Spine stamped "Illustrated" but only a frontispiece appears. Aquamarine cloth stamped black, spine title gold. Plain light brown endsheets. 8p catalog at rear for Castlemon, Alger, and other series. BAP PC1, copies 1, 2; Manchester College; University of Illinois-Champaign-Urbana NL 0594620: 8 pages of ads at rear.

----. As above except light orange cloth; spine title panel has upper right half (along an upper left to lower right diagonal) with orange dots in orange circles; glazed brown endsheets; blue ribbon bookmark. S&EH.

----. As above except cream cloth; gold spine title panel has only title stamped black; light green endsheets; red ribbon bookmark. S&EH.

----. As above except red cloth; spine title has only title stamped black; dark brown endsheets; blue ribbon marker; 8 pages of ads at rear. S&EH.

---. Cloth color not determined. University of Dayton.

----. On cover: Alta edition: NL 0594620 Gonzaga University; Washington & Lee: no longer held.