Dog Crusoe Series

Published by Crosby and Nichols/ Crosby and Ainsworth
1. The Gorilla Hunters: A Tale of the Wilds of Africa by Robert Michael Ballantyne
2. Audubon, the Naturalist of the New World by Mrs. Horace St. John
3. Round the World by William H. G. Kingston
4. The Bear-Hunters of the Rocky Mountains by Anne Bowman
5. Dog Crusoe by Robert Michael Ballantyne
6. John Chinaman; or, Adventures in a Flowery Land by John Dalton

Introduced as a series by Crosby and Nichols in about 1863. Crosby and Ainsworth reprinted the series beginning in 1864. These books are reprints.

Crosby, Nichols, Lee and Company published #2, 3 and 4 but not in a recognized series.

Illustrated

Cloth. Various colors. Blindstamped with embossed decorative pattern. Gilt lettering and illustration (different for each book) on the spine. 7" x 5"
The early Crosby and Ainsworth editions have the same embossed cover pattern as the Crosby and Nichols' books. Another Crosby and Ainsworth embossed pattern is different. It is presumed to be a later issue but this is not confirmed.


Crosby and Ainsworth (Probably later)


Spines