The Lakeside Library
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The Lakeside Library series appears to have started in January 1875, and concluded near December 1879, see below table. Although the banner of Volume 2, No 29 of Tour of the World in 80 Days has a copyright date of 1874, that seems to be the copyright date of the story, and not the date of publication. I have pieced together this "The Lakeside Library" history/progression based on Newspaper ads of the time.
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From Newspaper Ads, Circa 1877
The aim of THE LAKESIDE LIBRARY is to produce cheap, clearly printed, handomely illustrated, unabridged, and unaltered reprints of the Best Books of the Best Authors The type used is a large, clear, open letter, which can be read with ease and comfort. Send us an order for one dollar's worth, and you will receive enough pleasant and entertaining reading for the long evenings of a month or more. There is no pleasure so cheap and so lasting. The entire Household is benefited and made happy for amonth, at the cost of One Dollar! Beware of Cheap, poorly executed Counterfeits and Imitations of our popular LAKESIDE LIBRARY editions. They are printed in a mesierably small, unreadable type, whose perusal will soon dim or even utterly destroy the strongest eyesight. Their dishonorable publishers endeavor to deceive the public by Counterfeiting our name as closely as they dare, and imitating our Size and reneral appearance. See that you get only THE LAKESIDE LIBRARY and look out for the Frauds and Counterfeits. Ed: surely the last paragrpah is aimed at George Munro's "Seaside Library" which is about the same size, and whose name is surely similar to "Lakeside"! |
The following is the list of Jules Verne books published by Donnelley, Loyd, Chicago
There are 2 numbering systems (Volume and No. / Number)
Lakeside Library - which measures about 9x13in
The Lakeside LibraryAbove - Ad - The Kenosha Telegraph, November 22, 1877 |
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Volume 1 | No. 4 | 10cts | The Blockade Runners
Published aprox. March 1875 |
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Image courtesy of Matthew Short |
Volume 1 | No. 14 / 15 | 20cts | Double Volume: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea - Part 1 & Part 2 Published aprox July/Aug 1875 Also seen with address: |
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Volume 2 | No. 29 | 10cts | Tour of the World in 80 Days
Later "Gassette" Cover: |
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No. 40 | 10cts | Mysterious Island: Dropped from the Clouds | 8 | ||
No. 42 | 10cts | Mysterious Island: Abandoned | 8 | ||
No. 44 | 10cts | Mysterious Island: The Secret of the Island | 8 | ||
Volume 3 | No. 66 | 10cts | From the Earth to the Moon | 28 | |
Volume 3 | No. 67 | 10cts | Round the Moon (Trip Around the Moon) | 28 | |
Volume 4 | No. 86 | 10cts | Dr. Ox's Experiment & A Winter Amid the Ice & A Drama in the Air |
29 | |
Volume 4 | No. 95 / 96 | 20cts | Double Volume: A Journey to the Center of the Earth - Part 1 & Part 2 |
60 | |
Volume 4 | No. 98 | 10cts | The Survivors of the Chancellor
Published aprox Aug 1877 |
36 | |
Volume 4 | No. 101 | 10cts | To the North Pole
Published September 1877 Later "Gassette" Cover: |
77 | |
Volume 4 | No. 102 | 10cts | Field of Ice
Published September 1877 |
77 | |
Volume 4 | No. 109 | 10cts | Fur Country - Part 1 | 25 | |
No. 110 | 10cts | Fur Country - Part 2 | 25 | ||
No. 111 / 112 | 20cts | Double Volume (?): The Castaways |
79 | ||
No. 113 | 10cts | Michael Strogoff
Published aprox Nov. 1877 |
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Ed: I suspect that this offering, is a "re-boxing" of The Lakeside Library editions, as I have NOT seen any Donnelley editions, with a different banner and numbering scheme (Re "Winter Evening Library"). Announced in The Republican, Sat Dec 22, 1877, Page 7 The Boys' Winter Evening LibraryContaining:
By the Most Popular Living Author, No other collection of stories offers so large an amount of entertaining reading, at so low a price. Any two of the fifteen volumes names above would cost, as ordinary books, more than the entire series in "The Boys' Winter Evening Library" form. Price, per set, retail, $2. Very liberal discount to the trade. Trade orders received by the American News Company, New York; Western News Company, Chicago; and all the other Wholesale News Companies. Order a sample set at once for Examination Address: Ed: another ad describes the "set" as follows: Image courtesy of Matthew Short |
Donnelley also published a few hardcoversThe Fireside Library AND Lakeside Edition
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1876
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Fireside Library
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas This book Defintely contains Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Seas, printed in a 3 column format, with illustrations. Ed: I also propose that this volume also contains: |
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nd - circa 1877 | Michael Strogoff: The Courier of the Czar nd - circa 1877 Donnelley, Loyd and Company Publishers Chicago Lakeside Edition |
445 |
1876
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The Mysterious Island 1876 Donnelley, Loyd & Company Chicago Lakeside Edition Complete in 1 volume |
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1876
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20,000 Leagues Under the Seas & Around the World in 80 Days 1876 (20k IS dated on its title page) Donnelley, Loyd & Co., Publishers Chicago Lakeside Edition Note: The Title page of 20k says 1876 |
293 |
1886
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NOT Lakeside Edition, but included here for "completeness"
Michael Strogoff |