A. L. Burt (Company), New York

Albert Levi Bury (1843-1913) was a native of Massachusetts. At the age of 40 after working in several other industries, he established a New York publishing firm. Burt published mostly reprinted titles in numerous publisher’s series. Beginning in the teens, the Burt firm published many short series for juveniles as it competed with Grosset and Dunlap, Cupples & Leon, Hurst & Company and the Henry Altemus Company for that very lucrative market. Some Burt examples include the Flying Machine Boys, the Radio Boys, Marjorie Dean Series, Boy Allies, and the Broncho Rider Boys.

Those later series are not reviewed in this bibliography. The series included here are publisher's series which were started between 1887 and about 1905. These sets are mostly multivolumed, multi-authored publisher's series.

Dating A. L. Burt books is rather easy.
The title page imprint has two distinct names:
A. L. Burt until 1902
A. L. Burt Company 1902 and later.

Burt addresses are frequently noted in the ads in the back of the book.
Here are the dates.
162 William Street 1883-1888
56 Beekman Street 1888-1889
66 Reade Street 1889-1896
97 Reade Street 1896-1900
52-58 Duane Street 1900-1910
114-120 East 23rd Street 1910-