Geo. M. Hill Co., Chicago

This firm published one T. S. Arthur title: Ten Nights in a Bar-Room. It was part of three different publisher’s series.

Handy Volume Series (1899-1901). This collection of reprints was published in two different formats. These 16 mo. (6” x 4.25”) books have no illustrations and 175 pages.

The 1899 volume has the same format as the Handy Volume series published by another Chicago area firm, E. A. Weeks & Co. / Weeks Publishing Company. George M. Hill was previously the manager of the Weeks Publishing Company. The 1900 and 1901 Handy Volume covers are also the same as an earlier Weeks’ cover (as well as an E. A. Lawson Company publication). These books had dust jackets.

1899
1900-1901

Representative picture of a dust jacket for this format.

Clover Leaf Series (1899-1901) is a multi authored series of 12 mo. (7.5" x 5.25”) volume with silk ribbed cloth. Some deluxe volumes are seen with gold gilt edges. The deluxe format of Ten Nights in a Bar-Room includes a brief biography of Arthur as well as two other titles: At the Green Dragon and The Umbrella-Mender. There are no illustrations.

1899-1901
Deluxe Edition (1899-1901)

Marguerite Series (1899-1900) includes one Arthur title: Ten Nights in a Bar-Room. This paperback series had been previously published by E. A Weeks/Weeks Publishing Company between 1893 and 1898.