D. Appleton

Daniel Appleton (1785-1849) was born in Haverhill, Massachusetts. He entered the dry goods business first in Haverhill and later in Boston but finally settled in New York City in 1825. Subsequently he added to the business by selling imported English books with the help of his brother-in-law Jonathan Leavitt. Eventually Leavitt and Appleton parted ways with Appleton giving up the dry goods part of his business and settling on Beekman Street. Appleton's imprint appeared on a book for the first time in 1831. His son William H. Appleton was in charge of the sales department.

In 1838 William became a partner and the firm name changed to D. Appleton & Co. Daniel retired in 1848 and two of William’s brothers, John and Daniel Sidney Appleton joined as partners. In 1865 a fourth brother, George S. Appleton, became a partner.

For a detailed history of this firm see "The House of Appleton" by Gerard R. Wolfe, Scarecrow Press, 1981

D. Appleton & Co. published close to 50 juvenile series. They are listed below. Note that a number of series listed in Appleton catalogues were in reality imports published by English firms like Warne. These books/series do not have an Appleton imprint and are not included in this database. In addition educational series from about the turn of the century are also not included here.

Frequently these books can be dated by a title page date. Other times the publisher's address can be helpful. Addresses are shown here.

1840 and on addresses:
200 Broadway 1840-1853
346 & 348 Broadway 1854-1859
443 & 445 Broadway 1860-1868
90. 92 & 94 Grand Street 1868-1870
549 and 551 Broadway 1871-1882
1, 3, and 5 Bond Street 1883- 1894
72 Fifth Avenue 1895-1899

1854-1859	1868-1870

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