M. W. Dodd
Dodd & Mead
Dodd, Mead & Co.

John S. Taylor and William Green, Jr. formed a partnership in 1837 for the purpose of buying, selling and publishing books. Taylor was the general partner and the firm name was John S. Taylor. By July of 1837 the partnership was dissolved.

Moses Woodruff Dodd (1813-1899) joined John S. Taylor in 1839 establishing Taylor & Dodd. This firm mainly published religious books. Dodd and Taylor went their separate ways in 1840. John S. Taylor continued to publish into the early 1850's. Dodd founded M. W. Dodd. Dodd's son, Frank Howard Dodd (1844-1916) joined the house in 1859. With the retirement of Moses in 1870, Frank's cousin, Edward S. Mead (1847-1894) joined Frank to form Dodd & Mead. In 1876 the company was renamed Dodd, Mead & Co. with the arrival of Bleeker Van Wagenen.

The firm names and dates are noted just below.

John S. Taylor 1837-1839
Taylor and Dodd 1839-1840
John S. Taylor and M.W. Dodd 1841
M. W. Dodd 1840-1870
Dodd & Mead 1870-1876
Dodd, Mead & Co. 1876-now

The companys' addresses are shown here. These addresses can be very helpful in dating books that include an address but no date on the title page.

Brick Church Chapel opposite of City Hall (1837/1838)
Brick Church Chapel (1838)
Corner Park Row and Spruce Street (1840)
Brick Church Chapel (1840-1854)
Corner of Spruce St. and City Hall (1854)
59 Chambers Street (1855)
506 Broadway (1856-1869)
762 Broadway (1870-1875)
751 Broadway (1875-1880)
755 Broadway (1880-1891)
5 East 19th (1891-1894)
149-151 5th Ave (1894-1898)
372 Fifth Avenue (1899-)

This advertising cover based on the address dates between 1880 and 1891.

The juvenile series that were published by these firms are listed below. Appreciate that very few of the books themselves note what series they are part of. Most of the series originally were sold as boxed sets. The boxes noted the series or library name. But the boxes are virtually impossible to find.

Placing some of the titles into a particular series can be very difficult especially when dealing with the various publisher’s series. Many series' formats have been worked out. But unfortunately there is still some detective work to be done.