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ISFDB publishers:  
 
ISFDB publishers:  
 
: [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/publisher.cgi?6679 John W. Lovell] Company
 
: [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/publisher.cgi?6679 John W. Lovell] Company
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* [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pubseries.cgi?2588 Lovell's Occult Series] ( ISFDB span 1889 1890 )
 
* [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pubseries.cgi?2588 Lovell's Occult Series] ( ISFDB span 1889 1890 )
 
* Lovell's Political and Scientific Series
 
* Lovell's Political and Scientific Series
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One more series is known from October 1890, then published by United States Book Company, the successor to John W. Lovell.
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Two more series are known from October 1890 advertisements by United States Book Company, the successor to John W. Lovell.
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* Lovell's Foreign Literature Series
 
* [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pubseries.cgi?7584 Lovell's Westminster Series] ( ISFDB span 1890 only )
 
* [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pubseries.cgi?7584 Lovell's Westminster Series] ( ISFDB span 1890 only )
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Four of nine are now ISFDB publishers (linked); that is, they have at least one publication in the database.
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Four of ten (linked here to the database) are now ISFDB "Publication series" with at least one publication in the database.
  
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One purpose in assembling these data is to help judge which, if any, should be handled as magazine "Series".
  
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=== December 1889 ===
 
{|class=wikitable
 
{|class=wikitable
 
|+ "Additions to the Libraries", December 1889
 
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Probably this covers the final, highest-numbered issues of Lovell's Library, namely #1411 to 1457. If so, it appears that Lovell, and its successor USBC, terminated the one series and inaugurated at least six new ones in late 1889 and 1890.
 
Probably this covers the final, highest-numbered issues of Lovell's Library, namely #1411 to 1457. If so, it appears that Lovell, and its successor USBC, terminated the one series and inaugurated at least six new ones in late 1889 and 1890.
  
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A largest batch of additions is listed for only one other Library, namely "Seaside Library--Pocket Edition", #1222 to 1249.
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Some works are listed as new additions in multiple series. For instance, ''Allan's Wife'' by H. Rider Haggard --presumably either the [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?989612 1889 collection], or its title novel alone-- is listed as Seaside Library #1248, Lovell's Library #1446, Lovell's Household Library #265, Globe Library #113; at prices 20, 20, 25, 25 cents.
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=== October 1890 ===
  
 
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!  numbers !!  cents !! !!
 
!  numbers !!  cents !! !!
 
|-
 
|-
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  |# || ||American Novelists
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  |# 15-17 ||50c, cloth $1 ||American Novelists [now as "American Authors"]
 
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|-
 
  |# || ||Household Library
 
  |# || ||Household Library
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  |#  || ||Political and Sci S
 
  |#  || ||Political and Sci S
 
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|-
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  |# 10 ... 17 ||25c ||Westminster S
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|-
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|# 5, 6 <br>(new in 1890?) ||50c, cloth $1 ||Foreign Literature S
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|-
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  |# 10 ... 17 <br>(new in 1890?) ||25c, paper only ||Westminster S
 
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|}
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Sources:
 
Sources:
  
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''The American Bookseller: A Semi-Monthly Journal ...'' (available at HathiTrust)
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''The American Bookseller: A Semi-Monthly Journal Devoted to the Interests of the Book, Stationery, News, and Music Trades'' (New York) (largely available at HathiTrust Digital Library, HDL)
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* 1889-12-01 "Additions to the Libraries"
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* 1889-12-01 "Additions to the Libraries", [https://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433000084578?urlappend=%3Bseq=677 p. 667 at HDL]
 
* 1890-10-15 p272, "Lovell's Recent Publications" advert by USBC
 
* 1890-10-15 p272, "Lovell's Recent Publications" advert by USBC
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''The Critic: A Weekly ...''
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"Additions to the Libraries" appears in most of the 24 annual issues.
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''The Critic: A Weekly Review of Literature and the Arts'' (New York)
 
* 1890-10-04 pII,  "Lovell's Recent Publications" advert by USBC
 
* 1890-10-04 pII,  "Lovell's Recent Publications" advert by USBC
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== Other Libraries in December 1889 "Additions" ==
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''American Bookseller'' "Additions to the Libraries" covers 28 named series in its early December number, 8 "Lovell's" and 20 others listed here.
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Key
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: ++ --1889 issues are numbered 1000 and higher, as for Lovell's Library
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: + &nbsp; --1889 issues are numbered 100 to 999, as for Lovell's Household Library
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: &nbsp; &nbsp; --1889 issues are numbered 1 to 99
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: Appleton's Town and Country Library
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: + Beadle's Boys Library
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: + Beadle's Dime Library
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:: '''magazine [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pe.cgi?51152 Beadle's Dime Library]; magazine [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pe.cgi?26791 Beadle's Dime '''Novels''']
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: + Beadle's Half-Dime Library
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: + Beadle's Pocket Library
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:: '''magazine [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pe.cgi?49880 Beadle's Pocket '''Novels''']
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: Cassell's Sunshine Series
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:: ISFDB contains 3 "Cassell's ... Libraries" as publ. series.
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:: '''magazine [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pe.cgi?50762 Cassell's Sunshine Series]
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: Detective and Adventure Library
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: + Globe Library
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:: '''publ. series [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pubseries.cgi?2502 Globe Library], 1 publ. record
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: + Harper's Franklin Square Library
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:: '''magazine [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pe.cgi?50637 Harper's Franklin Square Library]
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: + Humboldt Library
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: Library of American Authors
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: + Lippincott's '''Series of''' Select Novels
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:: '''publ. series [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pubseries.cgi?723 Lippincott's Select Novels], 1 publ. record
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: Log Cabin Library
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: ... Lovell's libraries and series (8), covered above ...
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: Nugget Library
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:: '''magazine [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pe.cgi?26659 The Nugget Library]
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: + Old Cap Collier Library
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: Puck's Library
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: Sea and Shore Series
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: ++ Seaside Library--Pocket Edition
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:: '''publ. series [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pubseries.cgi?7966 Seaside Library Pocket Edition], 9 publ. records
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:: '''magazine [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pe.cgi?53010 The Seaside Library]
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: Secret Service Series
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: Street & Smith's Select Series
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Eight of the 20 are now either ISFDB publication series or ISFDB magazine series, as noted here. Among them Beadle's Dime Library and Seaside Library may be doubly represented.

Revision as of 19:20, 21 February 2019

ISFDB publishers:

John W. Lovell Company
United States Book Co.


"Lovell's" Libraries and Series

Eight "Lovell's" series are covered in the first December 1889 issue of The American Bookseller: A Semi-Monthly Journal [...] ("Additions to the Libraries", pp. 666-67):

Two more series are known from October 1890 advertisements by United States Book Company, the successor to John W. Lovell.

Four of ten (linked here to the database) are now ISFDB "Publication series" with at least one publication in the database.

One purpose in assembling these data is to help judge which, if any, should be handled as magazine "Series".

December 1889

"Additions to the Libraries", December 1889
numbers cents
#   1-16 25, 50 American Novelists
#240-269
+3 to 276		 25, 50 Household Library
#32-50 30, 50 International S
#   1-3 50 Illustrated S
#1411-1450
+3 to 1457 (end?)		 20 Lovell's Library
#   1-15 20, 30 Literature S
#   1-4 50 Occult S
#   1-5 15 ... 35 Political and Sci S
(start 1890) Westminster S

Dates are not publication dates, but issue dates of the sources in which the series are advertised or otherwise listed.

Probably this covers the final, highest-numbered issues of Lovell's Library, namely #1411 to 1457. If so, it appears that Lovell, and its successor USBC, terminated the one series and inaugurated at least six new ones in late 1889 and 1890.

A largest batch of additions is listed for only one other Library, namely "Seaside Library--Pocket Edition", #1222 to 1249.

Some works are listed as new additions in multiple series. For instance, Allan's Wife by H. Rider Haggard --presumably either the 1889 collection, or its title novel alone-- is listed as Seaside Library #1248, Lovell's Library #1446, Lovell's Household Library #265, Globe Library #113; at prices 20, 20, 25, 25 cents.

October 1890

Advertisements, October 1890
numbers cents
# 15-17 50c, cloth $1 American Novelists [now as "American Authors"]
# Household Library
#113 ... 131 50c, cloth $1 International S
# Illustrated S
  (end 1889) ---- Lovell's Library
# Literature S
# 8, 11 50c, cloth $1 Occult S
# Political and Sci S
# 5, 6
(new in 1890?)		 50c, cloth $1 Foreign Literature S
# 10 ... 17
(new in 1890?)		 25c, paper only Westminster S


Sources:

The American Bookseller: A Semi-Monthly Journal Devoted to the Interests of the Book, Stationery, News, and Music Trades (New York) (largely available at HathiTrust Digital Library, HDL)

  • 1889-12-01 "Additions to the Libraries", p. 667 at HDL
  • 1890-10-15 p272, "Lovell's Recent Publications" advert by USBC

"Additions to the Libraries" appears in most of the 24 annual issues.

The Critic: A Weekly Review of Literature and the Arts (New York)

  • 1890-10-04 pII, "Lovell's Recent Publications" advert by USBC


Other Libraries in December 1889 "Additions"

American Bookseller "Additions to the Libraries" covers 28 named series in its early December number, 8 "Lovell's" and 20 others listed here.

Key

++ --1889 issues are numbered 1000 and higher, as for Lovell's Library
+   --1889 issues are numbered 100 to 999, as for Lovell's Household Library
    --1889 issues are numbered 1 to 99
Appleton's Town and Country Library
+ Beadle's Boys Library
+ Beadle's Dime Library
magazine Beadle's Dime Library; magazine Beadle's Dime Novels
+ Beadle's Half-Dime Library
+ Beadle's Pocket Library
magazine Beadle's Pocket Novels
Cassell's Sunshine Series
ISFDB contains 3 "Cassell's ... Libraries" as publ. series.
magazine Cassell's Sunshine Series
Detective and Adventure Library
+ Globe Library
publ. series Globe Library, 1 publ. record
+ Harper's Franklin Square Library
magazine Harper's Franklin Square Library
+ Humboldt Library
Library of American Authors
+ Lippincott's Series of Select Novels
publ. series Lippincott's Select Novels, 1 publ. record
Log Cabin Library
... Lovell's libraries and series (8), covered above ...
Nugget Library
magazine The Nugget Library
+ Old Cap Collier Library
Puck's Library
Sea and Shore Series
++ Seaside Library--Pocket Edition
publ. series Seaside Library Pocket Edition, 9 publ. records
magazine The Seaside Library
Secret Service Series
Street & Smith's Select Series

Eight of the 20 are now either ISFDB publication series or ISFDB magazine series, as noted here. Among them Beadle's Dime Library and Seaside Library may be doubly represented.

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