Gottwals & McDonough, Cleveland

Not much is known about this publisher. Samuel Gottwals and John McDonough were the named partners. Old directories and ads put the firm in Albany in 1869 (as Gottwals & M’Donough), Columbus in 1874 and Chicago in 1876. One imprint lists a Pittsburgh location.

This firm was noted to be in Cleveland in the mid-late 1880’s.

It appears that Gottwals & McDonough only published one T. S. Arthur book: Ten Nights in a Bar Room. Two formats have been noted and both show Cleveland on the title page. These books were printed by The Press of John E. Potter and Company. One of the two books has Potter book advertisements in the back.

No priority between the two books is known. Based on the cover formats one would assume that the earlier book has the gold gilt picture on the front cover.

Both of these editions have the one page preface and illustrations by van Ingen, Rea and "B”. The titles pages are identical. Both books are 7.5” x 5.25”.