J. W. Burke & Co., Macon, Georgia

John William Burke (1826-1897), a Methodist preacher, moved to Macon in 1858 where he managed the Methodist Book Repository. Previously, he had been living in Athens, Georgia where he had been trained as a printer. In 1863 he joined Samuel Boykin who was a publisher and magazine editor in his own right, to establish Burke, Boykin & Co. It was active into 1864. Apparently the business was destroyed during the war. It was reorganized as J. W. Burke & Co. This firm was active into the 20th century.

Both Burke and Boykin were active magazine/newspaper publishers. These publications are beyond the scope of this bibliography.

J. W. Burke & Co. published one series for juveniles.

Marooner's Series by F. R. Goulding

* The Martien first edition was entitled "Robert and Harold; or, The Young Marooners on the Florida Coast".

The two book F. R. Goulding Marooner's series was not published by J. W. Burke & Co until the 1880's. In 1863 the firm of Burke, Boykin & Co. published a reprint of Robert & Harold; or, The Young Marooner's (later called "The Young Marooner's….").

In 1867 J. W. Burke & Co. published "Burke's Weekly". This periodical contained short stories, illustrations, poems and the like. It featured Goulding's second book in the Marooner's Series in serialized form during 1867 and 1868. The serialization preceded the 1868 publication of the first edition of the book by Claxton, Remsen and Haffelfinger.

Claxton, Remsen and Haffelfinger published the Marooner's series in the 1870's with J. W Burke & Co. as a co-publisher.

J. W. Burke & Co. published reprints of these two books.

Editions have been seen:
The Young Marooner's in 1885.
Marooner's Island in 1887.
It is not known when all the editions of these books were published.

This is an ad from 1886.

Format:
Cloth. various colors. Black decorative cover pattern. Gilt spine illustration and lettering. 12 mo.