Henry Altemus Company

 

Series 157 - Representative Poets

 
 
Series Name:
Publish Dates:
Topic:
Representative Poets
1895 - 1898
Varied reprint editions
Series Number:
Volumes:
Formats:
157
22
4

 

Title: Author: Year: Illustrator:
1 Belfry of Bruges, and Other Poems Longfellow, Henry  
2 Voices of the Night and Other Poems Longfellow, Henry  
3 Evangeline Longfellow, Henry  
4 Marmion Scott, Sir Walter  
5 Lady of the Lake Scott, Sir Walter  
6 Poems, Volume II (Whittier) Whittier, John Greenleaf  
7 Poems, Volume I (Whittier) Whittier, John Greenleaf  
8 Princess and Maud Tennyson, Alfred Lord  
9 Idylls of the King Tennyson, Alfred Lord  
10 Thanatopsis and Other Poems Bryant, William Cullen  
11 Last Leaf and Other Poems Holmes, Oliver Wendell  
12 Lucile Meredith, Owen  
13 Childe Harold's Pilgrimage Byron, Lord  
14 Lalla Rookh Moore, Thomas  
15 Raven, and Other Poems Poe, Edgar Allan  
16 Lays of Ancient Rome Macaulay, Thomas B.  
17 Bab Ballads and Savoy Songs Gilbert, W.S.  
18 Fanchon Sand, George  
19 Poems (Lowell) Lowell, James Russell  
20 Ballads Kipling, Rudyard  
21 In Memoriam Tennyson, Alfred Lord  
22 Song of Hiawatha Longfellow, Henry  

 

Henry Altemus - Format 1 - Volumes 1-22
Cloth. Red, green and gold have been seen. Gold gilt decorative pattern of man sitting in the woods playing an instrument. Title and author in gold gilt. Boxed. 6 x 4.5.

Henry Altemus - Format 2 - Volumes 1-15
Half Crushed Levant. Gilt tops. 6.25 x 4.5.

Henry Altemus - Format 3 - Volumes 1-15
Half genuine English Calf. Gilt top. 6.25 x 4.5.

Henry Altemus - Format 4
Cloth. White and blue seen. Gold gilt decorative cover pattern. 6.25 x 4.5.

Series Notes:
1. The first 15 books were published in 1895.
2. In 1896, #16-19 were added.
3. In 1897, #20 and 21 were added. In 1898 #22 was added.
4. In 1895 these books also appeared in a "Renaissance Binding". Books in this binding were priced at $4.00. The Renaissance books were found in this series as well as the Devotional Series and the Altemus Library. They are printed on "fine laid paper" in 5 styles: Full Turkey Morocco, Tree Calf with Squares rolled in gold, Full crushed Levant, Full Calf, Full Calf with gilt side and back.

 

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