Timothy Shay Arthur

Henry Altemus, Philadelphia
Henry Altemus Company, Philadelphia

This Philadelphia firm published one T. S. Arthur title: A reprint of "Ten Nights in a Bar Room". Mostly it was part of a number of different publisher's series. Generally each publisher's series which is comprised of numerous reprints changed the cover format on a yearly basis.

For details about the Altemus editions/ illustrations etc. see the Ten Nights in a Bar Room section on this site.

For each series representative covers and their year(s) of publication is shown below.
For more information about Henry Altemus and/or any of these series see henryaltemus.com.

Beauxarts Series 1897-1902
All covers have been seen with several different color combinations. These books came within a labeled box.

1897	1898


1899-1901	1902

Boys and Girls Classics 1899-1906
This series of 58 titles was published between 1899 and 1906. The exact date of publication can be determined by looking at the flowchart here: Henry Altemus Company - Boys and Girls Classics (old) Series 58 These books originally came within a labeled box.

Boys and Girls Own Library 1909-1910
The books of this series are similar to those of the Boys and Girls Classics. A representative book cover is shown below. 6.5" X 4.25”. They came boxed.

Diplome D’ Honneur Series 1902
These books originally came in a labeled box.

Golden Treasury Series 1899-1901
6.5 x 4.5.

1899	1899-1900

La Belle Fleur Series 1901
These 131 titles came with a dust jacket. 6.5” x 4.5”.

L’Art Nouveau Series 1901
This series may not have been published. Although it is shown in the Altemus catalogues, after studying Altemus books for many years I have yet to se an example.

Marqueterie Series 1899
This series has 149 titles.
Cloth. Japanese inlaid veneer binding. 6.5” x 4.25”.

Petit Trianon Series 1897-1908 (The first two years of this series did not include Ten Nights.)
This is a long running publisher’s series. A number of the years have varying patterns and designs on the right half of the cover.
For more information see: Henry Altemus Company - Petit Trianon (Third numbering) Series 143 and Henry Altemus Company - Petit Trianon (First numbering) 141.

1897	1898


1899	1899-1900


1901-1902	1901-1902


1901-1902	1903-1904


1903-1904	1905-1906


1907	1908-1909

Riviere Series 1901
This series had 87 titles. The volumes had dust jackets.

Sanspareil Series 1898
6.25” x 4.25”. These books originally had dust jackets.

1898	1898


1899

Vademecum Series 1897-1926 (The first three years of this series did not include Ten Nights.)
This is the longest running Altemus publisher’s series. There are numerous different representative covers shown here. For more information see: Henry Altemus Company - Vademecum Series / European Artists and Henry Altemus Company - Vademecum Series (later numbering) Series 180