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This firm is not noted in the Chicago directories for 1891 and 1892 (1893 has not been checked) but appears 1894 at 527-531 Wabash; in 1896-1897 at 521-531 Wabash; in 1898 at 521 Wabash; and in 1899 at 84 Wabash Avenue. It does not appear in later directories.

1890-1895 American Catalogue. ['94]. D. (Marguerite ser., no. 17) pap., 25c.

1895 PTLA:

The Marguerite Series | Of High-Class Novels. 12mo. Illustrated Paper Covers. 25 Cents Each. | Mailable at One Cent per Pound.| ... No. 17. Lucile..... Owen Meredith| ...

Handy Volume Series | 16mo. Cloth. Retail, 50 Cents. | ... No.4 Lucile..... Owen Meredith| ....

The Modern Library of Choice | Fiction | [illustration of three identically half-bound volumes] | The best works of modern authors carefuly selected, suitable for any library and | attractive to readers of the most refined tastes, at a low price; printed | in clear, readable type, on fine paper and bound | in a neat, durable style. | Cloth; gilt top... Retail price, $1.00 | ... No.29. Lucile..... Owen Meredith | ...

The Lucile Series | Beautifully Illustrated Copyright Works. 12mo. Paper Covers. | 50 Cents Each. Mailable at One Cent per Pound.| No.l. One Fair Daughter.....Frank Frankfort Moore | No.2. A Royal Heiress.....Emelie Edwards | No.3. Facts About Money..... Professor J. Laurence Laughlin |

1896 PTLA: Marguerite Series [as 1895].

Handy Volume Series [as 1895].

The Lucile Series | Beautifully Illustated. Copyright Works. 12mo. Paper Covers. | 50 Cents each. Mailable at One Cent per Pound. | No.1-3 [as above] | No.4. A Little Game With Destiny..... Marie St. Felix | No.5. Two Bad Brown Eyes..... Marie St. Felix | No.6. Patricia..... Marie St. Felix |

1897 PTLA: [list dated 1897-98]:

The Dartmouth Edition | Of Selected Classic and Modern Literature.| 12mo. Gilt Top. Polished Buckram. | Elaborate Side and Back Stamps in Gold. | Retail, $1.00. | ... No. 31. Lucile..... Owen Meredith.

The Amherst Edition | OF CHOICE FICTION | 12mo. Gilt Top. Gold Title. Bound in | Silk-Ribbed Cloth. | Retail,.. 50 Cents... No.49. Lucile..... Owen Meredith.

Handy Volume Series | 16mo. Cloth. Side and Back Stamps in two | colors, Title in Gold. | Retail,.. 35 Cents. | ... No.4. Lucile..... Owen Meredith | ...

The Marguerite Series | OF HIGH-CLASS NOVELS. | 12mo. Illustrated Paper Covers. 25 Cents Each. Mailable at | One Cent per Pound. | ... No.17. Lucile..... Owen Meredith | ...

Reported copies:

Handy Volume Edition:

276 & 278 Franklin St., nd. 112x156mm, 311p. Light blue linen-finish cloth stamped reddish brown (same design as Hi1/Geo. M. Hill edition). "E.A. Weeks & Company" stamped at foot of spine. Plain endsheets. BAP W1a.

----, Light green linen-finish cloth. BAP W1b.

----, Pink linen-finish cloth. S&EH.

----, Brown cloth stamped blind and silver. University of Illinois (NL 0594649, 1895?).

----, 521-531 Wabash Avenue. Turquoise cloth stamped red and silver with "Geo. M. Hill Company" stamped at foot of spine. BAP.

Dartmouth Edition:

----, 276 & 278 Franklin St., nd. 127x196mm, 311p. Top board: "Dartmovth Edition". Blue green linen finish cloth stamped gold (spine lettering for "Lucile" is same as Hi2/Chicago: Hill edition, i.e., little "flames" rising off the two Ls). Plain endsheets. BAP W2: 1898 signature; bookplate of Dr. F.E. Ronald.

Amherst Edition:

----, 521-531 Wabash, nd. 130x197mm, 311p. Vertical grained red cloth with single border rule blind, spine title in gold. "Weeks Publishing Co." stamped at foot of spine. Teg. Very poor quality paper. Plain endsheets. S&EH.

----, 521-531 Wabash, nd. 127x200mm, 311p. Dark brown cloth blindstamped to resemble half-leather, spine in gold with greek key rule at top and bottom(spine lettering for "Lucile" is same as Hi2/Chicago: Hill edition). Teg. Plain endsheets. BAP W3.

Edition not identified:

----, 521-531 Wabash, nd. 105x154mm, 311p. Green cloth stamped lemon, dark green: trees in a landscape of hills. Plain endsheets. BAP W4. [Image made from photocopy.]
----. NL 0594649 Seattle Public, 1895?

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