The LUCILE Project - Rodgers Co.

1894 PTLA, 52 and 54 North Sixth Street, has Rodgers' catalogue with "Popular Classical Series of 16mos. Consisting of twenty-eight volumes, selected from the most noted works of English Literature, beautifully printed from new plates". Each volume is offered in the:

Clover Edition. Illustrated. Bound in parti-colored cloth, gilt top, photogravure frontispiece and title-page. With ribbon marker. Per volume, 1.00.

Fine Cloth Edition. Illustated. Bound in fine cloth, gilt top, photogravure frontispiece and title-page. With ribbon marker. Per volume, $1.00.

Half Leather Edition. Same as Clover Edition, but bound in half leather, gilt top. Per volume, $1.25.

Half Calf Edition. Same as Clover Edition, but bound in best English calf. Per volume, $1.50.

Full Calf Edition. Same as Clover Edition, but full bound in best English calf. Per volume, $3.00.

1895 PTLA offers "Popular Classical Series of 16mos. Consisting of thirty-four volumes, selected from the most noted works of Literature, beautifully printed from new plates." Offered in:

Franklin Edition. Illustrated. Bound in parti-colored cloth, gilt top, photogravure frontispiece and title-page. With ribbon marker. Per volume, 1.00.

Half Leather Edition. Illustrated. Bound in half leather, gilt top, photogravure frontispiece and title-page, ribbon marker. Per volume, boxed, $1.25.

Half Calf Edition. Illustrated. Bound in best English calf, gilt top, photogravure frontispiece and title-page, ribbon marker. Per volume, boxed, $1.50.

Full Calf Edition. Illustrated. Full bound in best English calf, full gilt, photogravure frontispiece and title-page, ribbon marker. Per volume, boxed, $3.00.

1896 PTLA offers "Popular Classical Series of 16mos. Consisting of forty-three illustrated volumes, selected from the most noted works of Literature, beautifully printed from new plates." Offered in:

"Excelsior" Edition. Frontispiece. Fine cloth. Illustrated. Per volume, $0.50.

Half Leather Edition. Illustrated. Bound in half leather, gilt top, photogravure frontispiece and title-page, ribbon marker. Per volume, boxed, $1.00.

Half Calf Edition. Illustrated. Bound in best English calf, gilt top, photogravure frontispiece and title-page, ribbon marker. Per volume, boxed, $1.25.

1897 PTLA offers "Popular Classical Series of 16mos. Consisting of fifty-six illustrated volumes, selected from the most noted works of Literature, beautifully printed from new plates." Offered in:

"Excelsior" Edition. Frontispiece. Fine cloth. Illustrated. Per volume, $0.50.

Half Leather Edition. Illustrated. Bound in half leather, gilt top, photogravure frontispiece and title-page, ribbon marker. Per volume, boxed, $1.00.

Half Calf Edition. Illustrated. Bound in best English calf, gilt top, photogravure frontispiece and title-page, ribbon marker. Per volume, boxed, $1.25.

----, nd. 112x117mm, 360p. Cover: "Popular Classics" near bottom of top board. Frontispiece portrait. Gray cloth stamped silver. Plain endsheets. S&EH.

----, nd. 112x117mm, 360p. Cover: "Popular Classics" in oval frame containing silhouette of woman's head. Frontispiece portrait. Gray cloth stamped silver. Plain endsheets. BAP R1a.

----, nd. 112x117mm, 360p. Cover: "Popular Classics". As above except red cloth stamped silver. BAP R1b: rubber stamp of Charlotte Ewell on front pastedown and fly.

----, nd. 150mm, 360p. Cover "Popular Classics" near bottom of board, enclosed in gold floral frame. Grey cloth. S&EH: 1895 inscription; Library of Congress NL 0594632, color not confirmed.

----, 150mm, 360p. Frontispiece portrait. Cover: "Popular Classics". Duke (no photocopy).

----, nd. 96x151mm, 360p. Frontispiece portrait. Pink linen-finish cloth stamped red and silver. A rather ornate plate (in gold) surrounds the roughly heart-shaped red stamping; a torch at bottom of heart. Plain endsheets. BAP R2; Drexel University (same plates, may be different cloth).

----, nd. 95x150mm, 360p. Light gray cloth with floral panel stamped green across middle third of top board, title gold. Frontispiece portrait. Illinois State University, Normal.

----. 95x150mm, 360p. Lithograph or half-tone frontispiece of Lucile and titlepage, with words "Choice Literature" in a cartouche below title, both pages on much heavier stock. A number of half-tone illustrations inserted through text. Navy cloth with single gold rule to border upper board; title, author, publisher in gold on spine. Teg. Printed floral endsheets. S&EH.

NL 0594632, 189-: Seattle Public; Harvard; University of Illinois: original binding; NYPL: no longer in collection