Henry Altemus Company - Young Engineers Series 34

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Young Engineers Series
1912 - 1920
Mystery - Adventure

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34
5
3

	Title:	Author:	Year:	Illustrator:
1	Young Engineers in Colorado	Hancock, H. Irving	1912
2	Young Engineers in Arizona	Hancock, H. Irving	1912
3	Young Engineers in Nevada	Hancock, H. Irving	1913
4	Young Engineers in Mexico	Hancock, H. Irving	1913
5	Young Engineers on the Gulf	Hancock, H. Irving	1920
6	Young Engineers in the Lead (not published)	Hancock, H. Irving

Henry Altemus Company      Format: 1      Volumes: 1 - 4
Grey cover. Line drawn picture of two boy surveyors with yellow cloud background. Uncoated brown dust jacket matches the book cover.

Henry Altemus Company      Format: 2       Volumes: 1 - 4
Grey cover. Same picture as format 1. White coated dust jacket.

Henry Altemus Company      Format: 3      Volumes: 1 - 4
Cover as above or with appliqué cover. Appliqué is multicolored pictorial picture of two boys in a field looking at a map. Dust jacket matches appliqué.

Series Notes:
1. Walter Hayn illustrated the appliqué.
2. For information about the Saalfield reprints of this series click here.

Detailed information about dating this series can be found at http://henryaltemus.com/juveniles/

Format 1 Dust Jacket		Format 2 Dust Jacket-earlier	Format 2 Dust Jacket-later

Format 2 Dust Jacket	Format 3 Dust Jacket	Format 1-2 Cover	Format 2 Cover

Format 3 Appliqué Cover	Format 3 Cover - later

Books #1 and 2 First Edition Points

This five volume series was first introduced in 1912 with a two volume breeder set. The first edition dust jackets for the first two titles that were published in 1912 list only the two Young Engineeer books:

The Young Engineers in Colorado
The Young Engineers in Arizona

But this jacket does not absolutely indicate a first edition. Determining the true first edition for the first two titles requires an analysis of the advertisements in the back. The true first edition lists only three Automobile Girl books whereas the later books list four Automobile Girl books.

Also the ad for the Young Engineers is different. The first edition blurb is the same as the dust jacket blurb.
The first edition-second state blurb is different. It is the one that is used in all subsequent Young Engineer ads.