E. Claxton and Co., Philadelphia

This firm announced in July, 1880 that it was going to continue the business of the late publishing house of Claxton, Remsen and Haffelfinger which had dissolved. Members of the new firm included Edmund Claxton, his son, Robert Claxton and Charles Haffelfinger.

The two T. S. Arthur series which had been published by its predecessor were continued.

Starting in 1881 it published the Cabinet Histories of the States with its own imprint.
These twelve 16 mo. cloth books sold for $9.00 in a boxed set.
1. Virginia
2. New York
3. Massachusetts
4. Georgia
5. Connecticut
6. Pennsylvania
7. New Jersey
8. Kentucky
9. Ohio
10. Tennessee
11. Vermont
12. Illinois

The Claxton book is the same as the earlier Claxton, Remsen, and Haffelfinger (CRH) volume. Note that the spine of the 1881 and 1882 books still note CRH at the base.

Pictures courtesy of the Huntington Library

In 1881 it also published Arthur's Library for the Household. It is a twelve book series It was sold as a boxed set initially for $9.00.

1. Woman's Trials; or Tales and Sketches from the Life Around Us
2. Married Life: Its Shadows and Sunshine
3. Two Wives; or, Lost and Won
4. Ways of Providence; or, He Doeth all Things Well
5. Home Scenes, and Home Influence
6. Stories for Young Housekeepers
7. Lessons in Life for all who Will Read Them
8. Seed Time and Harvest: or Whatsoever a Man Soweth that shall also He Reap
9. Stories for Parents
10. Off-Hand Sketches, A Little Dashed with Humor
11. Words for the Wise
12. Tried and The Tempted