Rare

 Antique

Little Leather Library

1920-1924

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 ‘CARMEN’

Written by

Prosper Merimee

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THE FACTS

BOOK TITLE:  Carmen

AUTHOR:   Prosper Merimee

PUBLISHER: Little Leather Library Corp.

ILLUSTRATED: NO

CIRCA: 1920-1924 | Age: 90+ years (exact publishing year is unknown)

BOOK SIZE: 3.25″x4″

NOTABLE: Bound in – Imitation Leather

 (See history notes below for more information)

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WEAR & CONDITION

BOOK CONDITION:  Good - however, please bear in mind when purchasing this book that due to age & previous use it is fragile and is not in perfect condition.  This is true of all or most antique books.

NOTICEABLE WEAR: TITLE PAGE is partially torn (Please see Photo).  There is some discoloration & staining on title page due to age –

BINDING:  Very Good.

COVER: Some tattered corners and/or edges due to age

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HISTORY

 The Little Leather Library Corporation of New York was the first company to mass-market inexpensive books in the United States. The corporation, founded in 1916 by Albert Boni, Harry Scherman and Maxwell Sackheim, made available a wide variety of classics by authors including Rudyard Kipling, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Robert Louis Stevenson, William Shakespeare etc.

 The 101 books in this collection are brownish green in color, bound in imitation leather, and published between 1920-1924 - only the first two editions were bound in real leather.

 When first published, the little books were sold at the Woolworth’s chain. By the early 1920s, the books were advertised in popular magazines, selling in National Geographic from 1922 to 1924. Sometimes a miniature classic might appear in a cereal box as a promotion. Robert K. Hass, Inc., Publishers took control of the Little Leather Library Corporation in 1924.

Sources: http://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/

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