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Series 119 - Laurel Series (Two volume sets)


 
 
Series Name:
Publish Dates:
Topic:
Laurel Series (Two volume sets)
1893 - 1897
Varied reprint editions
Series Number:
Volumes:
Formats:
119
122
6

 


Title: Author: Year: Illustrator:
1 Ethics of the Dust Ruskin, John  
1 Sesame and Lilies Ruskin, John  
2 Discourses of Epictetus Long, George  
2 Thoughts of Marcus Aurelius Aurelius, Marcus  
3 Emerson's Essays, First Series Emerson, Ralph Waldo  
3 Emerson's Essays, Second Series Emerson, Ralph Waldo  
4 Drummond's Addresses Drummond, Henry  
4 Of the Imitation of Christ Kempis, Thomas A.  
5 Heroes and Hero Worship Carlyle, Thomas  
5 Sartor Resartus Carlyle, Thomas  
6 Bacon's Essays Bacon, Francis  
6 Chesterfield's Letters, Sentences and Maxims Chesterfield, Lord  
7 Essays of Elia Lamb, Charles  
7 Tales from Shakespeare Lamb, Charles and Mary  
8 House of the Seven Gables Hawthorne, Nathaniel  
8 Scarlet Letter (For more information click here) Hawthorne, Nathaniel  
9 Dream Life Mitchell, Ik (Donald G.)  
9 Reveries of a Bachelor (For more information click here) Mitchell, Ik (Donald G.)  
10 Pleasures of Life Lubbock, John  
10 Vicar of Wakefield Goldsmith, Oliver  
11 Cranford Gaskell, Mrs. E.C.  
11 Window in Thrums Barrie, J.M.  
12 Mosses From an Old Manse Hawthorne, Nathaniel  
12 Twice Told Tales Hawthorne, Nathaniel  
13 Rab and His Friends Brown, John  
13 Sketch Book Irving, Washington  
14 Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin Franklin, Benjamin  
14 Representative Men Emerson, Ralph Waldo  
15 Poems (Poe) Poe, Edgar Allan  
15 Poe's Weird Tales Poe, Edgar Allan  
16 Tom Brown's School Days Hughes, Thomas  
16 Two Years Before the Mast Dana Jr., Richard  
17 Lucile Meredith, Owen  
17 Undine Fouque, De La Motte  
18 Evangeline Longfellow, Henry  
18 Marmion Scott, Sir Walter  
19 Idylls of the King Tennyson, Alfred Lord  
19 Princess and Maud Tennyson, Alfred Lord  
20 Childe Harold's Pilgrimage Byron, Lord  
20 Lady of the Lake Scott, Sir Walter  
21 Poems (Bryant) Bryant, William Cullen  
21 Poems (Holmes) Holmes, Oliver Wendell  
22 Poems, Volume I (Whittier) Whittier, John Greenleaf  
22 Poems, Volume II (Whittier) Whittier, John Greenleaf  
23 Belfry of Bruges, and Other Poems Longfellow, Henry  
23 Voices of the Night and Other Poems Longfellow, Henry  
24 Beecher's Lectures Beecher, Rev. Henry Ward  
24 Manliness of Christ Hughes, Thomas  
25 Kept for the Master's Use Havergal, Frances Ridley  
25 My King and His Service Havergal, Frances Ridley  
26 Addresses (Brooks) Brooks, Phillips  
26 My Point of View Drummond, Henry  
27 Like Christ Murray, Andrew  
27 With Christ Murray, Andrew  
28 Crown of Wild Olive Ruskin, John  
28 Queen of the Air Ruskin, John  
29 Abide in Christ Murray, Andrew  
29 Holy in Christ Murray, Andrew  
30 Greek Heroes Kingsley, Charles  
30 Wonder Book Hawthorne, Nathaniel  
1a Bacon's Essays Bacon, Francis  
1a Representative Men Emerson, Ralph Waldo  
2a Addresses (Brooks) Brooks, Phillips  
2a Addresses (Drummond) Drummond, Henry  
3a Rab and His Friends Brown, John  
3a Window in Thrums Barrie, J.M.  
4a Heroes and Hero Worship Carlyle, Thomas  
4a Sartor Resartus Carlyle, Thomas  
5a Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin Franklin, Benjamin  
5a Chesterfield's Letters, Sentences and Maxims Chesterfield, Lord  
6a Tom Brown's School Days Hughes, Thomas  
6a Two Years Before the Mast Dana Jr., Richard  
7a My Point of View Drummond, Henry  
7a Natural Law in the Spiritual World Drummond, Henry  
8a Emerson's Essays, First Series Emerson, Ralph Waldo  
8a Emerson's Essays, Second Series Emerson, Ralph Waldo  
9a Cranford Gaskell, Mrs. E.C.  
9a Vicar of Wakefield Goldsmith, Oliver  
10a Kept for the Master's Use Havergal, Frances Ridley  
10a My King and His Service Havergal, Frances Ridley  
11a Mosses from an Old Manse Hawthorne, Nathaniel  
11a Twice Told Tales Hawthorne, Nathaniel  
12a House of the Seven Gables Hawthorne, Nathaniel  
12a Scarlet Letter (For more information click here) Hawthorne, Nathaniel  
13a Autocrat of the Breakfast Table Holmes, Oliver Wendell  
13a Poems (Holmes) Holmes, Oliver Wendell  
14a Beecher's Addresses to Young Men Beecher, Rev. Henry Ward  
14a Of the Imitation of Christ Kempis, Thomas A.  
15a Greek Heroes Kingsley, Charles  
15a Wonder Book Hawthorne, Nathaniel  
16a Essays of Elia Lamb, Charles  
16a Tales from Shakespeare Lamb, Charles and Mary  
17a Discourses of Epictetus Long, George  
17a Thoughts of Marcus Aurelius Aurelius, Marcus  
18a Longfellow's Poems, Volume I Longfellow, Henry  
18a Longfellow's Poems, Volume II Longfellow, Henry  
19a Evangeline Longfellow, Henry  
19a Marmion Scott, Sir Walter  
20a Poems (Bryant) Bryant, William Cullen  
20a Poems (Lowell) Lowell, James Russell  
21a Pleasures of Life Lubbock, John  
21a Sketch Book Irving, Washington  
22a Dream Life Marvel, Ik  
22a Reveries of a Bachelor (For more information click here) Marvel, Ik  
23a Abide in Christ Murray, Andrew  
23a Holy in Christ Murray, Andrew  
24a Like Christ Murray, Andrew  
24a With Christ Murray, Andrew  
25a Poems (Poe) Poe, Edgar Allan  
25a Weird Tales Poe, Edgar Allan  
26a Crown of Wild Olive Ruskin, John  
26a Queen of the Air Ruskin, John  
27a Ethics of the Dust Ruskin, John  
27a Sesame and Lilies Ruskin, John  
28a Childe Harold's Pilgrimage Byron, Lord  
28a Lady of the Lake Scott, Sir Walter  
29a John Ploughman's Pictures Spurgeon, Rev. Charles  
29a John Ploughman's Talk Spurgeon, Rev. Charles  
30a Idylls of the King Tennyson, Alfred Lord  
30a Princess and Maud Tennyson, Alfred Lord  
31a Poems, Volume I (Whittier) Whittier, John Greenleaf  
31a Poems, Volume II (Whittier) Whittier, John Greenleaf  

 

Henry Altemus      Format: 1      Volumes: 1 - 12 (sets)
Maroon cloth. Blindstamped. Gold gilt top. 6 x 4.5. Boxed. 1893

Henry Altemus      Format: 2      Volumes: 1 - 27 (sets)
Half crushed levant. Gold gilt top. 6 x 4.5. Boxed. 1893-1896

Henry Altemus      Format: 3      Volumes: 1 - 27 (sets)
Half genuine English calf. Gold gilt tops. 6 x 4.5. Boxed. 1893-1896

Henry Altemus      Format: 4      Volumes: 1 - 27 (sets)
Maroon English silk cloth. Gold top. 6 x 4.5. Boxed. 1893-1895

Henry Altemus      Format: 5      Volumes: 1 - 30 (sets)
Red Florentine vellum. Gold gilt top. 6 x 4.5. Boxed. 1895-1896

Henry Altemus      Format: 6      Volumes: 1 - 31a (sets)
White vellum. Ornamental floral design. 6 x 4.5. Boxed. 1896-1897

Series Notes:
1. Sets 1-12 were published in 1893. Sets 1-13 were published in 1894. Sets 1-27 were published in 1895. Sets 1-30 were published in 1896.
2. In 1897 the boxed sets were numbered differently and new books were added to the series. In addition some books were combined with different books to make up new two volume boxed sets. The 1897 books are recognized by the "a" after the number.

 

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1893 Boxed Set

1893 Boxed Set

 

1893 Boxed Set

1893 dust jacket

 

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