John Allen and Co., Boston/New York
John Allen began in the book selling business in Boston in 1832 with
William D. Ticknor. He published on his own imprint, John Allen earlier
in 1832 and thereafter in 1833 and 1834 as Allen & Ticknor. Later
he and Ticknor took over the publishing business of Carter and Hendee.
Ticknor left the partnership in 1835 and Allen established his own
firm, John Allen and Company. He moved to New York in 1837 and remained
in business as John Allen for about a decade thereafter.
John Allen published seven Arthur first editions in 1844
1. Cecilia Howard
2. The Lady at Home
3. The Martyr Wife
4. Hiram Elmwood
5. Hints and Helps for the Home Circle
6. Alice
7. The Temptations
Cecilia Howard; or, The Young Lady Who Had Finished Her Education - First Edition
92 pages, 8 vo., 1844 25 cents, paper format is noted.
Was published in Miss Leslie's Magazine in 1843.
The first edition was released on May 4, 1844 and was priced at 25 cents.
This copy was co-published with R. G. Berford, Philadelphia, J. W. Cook-Pittsburgh and W. Taylor, Baltimore
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The Lady at Home; or, Leaves from the Every-Day Book of an American Woman - First edition
Mrs. Mary Elmwood (This was an Arthur pseudonym.)
96 pages 12 mo
Released in May, 1844 for 25 cents.
The Martyr Wife: A Domestic Romance - First edition
70 pages 1844 12 mo. 96 pages
"by the author of Hiram Elwood"
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Picture courtesy of the Huntington Library
Hiram Elwood, the Banker; or, Like Father Like Son - First edition
Anonymous
93 page 8 vo 1844
Published in May, 1844 and sold for 25 cents.
Hints and Helps for the Home Circle; or, The Mother's Friend (First edition)
Mary Elmwood is listed as the author. This was an Arthur pseudonym.
On Binding-Novels and Tales by T. S. Arthur
Published in October, 1844 and sold for 25 cents.
Alice; or, The Victim of One Indiscretion
Timothy Shay Arthur Published in pamphlet form
32 pages 8vo
This was published with Mary Ellis; or, The Runaway Match
(It appears that this book did not note Arthur as the author.)
Mary Ellis had previously been published as The Widow Morrison by Knight and Colburn/James Giffing in 1841 Wright
The Temptation, or Who is to Blame and the Hasty Marriage
Published July, 1844
This book is noted in a July 19, 1844 advertisement by John Allen in
the New York Tribune. It states it is by the author of "The Stolen
Wife" and the "Seamstress". Both of the latter titles were written by
Arthur and published by R. G. Berford in 1843.
This exact title is not recorded anywhere as an Arthur book. Its existence therefore is not a certainty.