Copeland and Day, Boston
Herbert Copeland and Frederick Holland Day (1864-1933) established
Copeland and Day in 1893. They were the American publishers of "The
Yellow Book".
They published books with elegant artistic illustrations by new
designers. Their publications were meant to have "literary merit".
This outfit published a total of 96 books until it was succeeded by
Small, Maynard & Co. in 1899.
Copeland and Day published one series for juveniles.
These books are relatively scarce and extremely expensive, especially
in the deluxe editions.
Yellow Hair Library
| 1. Arabella and Araminta Stories | by Gertrude Smith/ | Illustrated by Ethel Reed with 15 illustrations | (Copyright 1895) |
| 2. In Childhood Country | by Louise Chandler Moulton/ | Illustrated by Ethel Reed with 10 illustrations | (Copyright 1896) |
Copeland and Day published this series in 1895 with volume 1 and in 1896 with volumes 1 and 2. The books were reprinted over several years.
Deluxe editions of each title were published. Fifteen copies of #1
were printed on royal Japan paper. It had extra hand done end paper
illustrations.
The internal illustrations were done on six different kinds of hand
made paper and the binding was done on imported Javanese linen. This
book cost $25.00.
An example of the hand made illustrations is shown below.
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Cover of Volume 1-Deluxe book
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There were 25 copies of the deluxe edition of book #2. Printed on
blue Japan paper. It cost $5.00.
It has not been seen.
Series format:
Cloth. Line drawn cover illustration. Small quarto. Each book cost
$2.00
Book #1 was also published without illustrations and sold for $1.00
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Poster advertising book #2.
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