Franconia Stories

Published by Harper & Brothers

This series was published initially by Harper & Brothers. The copyright dates of the first editions are noted above.

The first editions of books #1-5 note 82 Cliff Street on the title page. By 1852 all the books have Franklin Square as the address on the title page. The 1852 first editions have back of the book ads that list the first 5 Franconia books as the “Complete set”.
These book also list Abbott's Histories to "Cleopatra".

The first edition of the 1853 Franconia books have no ads, list the Franklin Square address and have a list of the ten titles in the front of the volumes.

Illustrated

Format 1:
Cloth. Red. Blindstamped. Gilt spine lettering. 6.75” x 4.5”.
(82 Cliff Street is seen on the first editions of Books #1-5)

Title page as of 1852 has the Franklin Square address.

Combination Books:

The second and third formats of the Franconia Stories were published with two titles in one volumes.

Agnes/Caroline
Beechnut/ Rodolphus
Mary Erskine/ Mary Bell
Ellen Linn/ Stuvyesent
Malleville/Wallace

Format 2:
Cloth. Green. Cover decorative pattern. Gilt spine lettering. 6.75” x 4.75”
The copyright noted on this format is 1878. Format 3 copyrights are 1881.
Thus the green books must predate the red ones and were published between 1878-1881.

Format 3
Cloth.Red. Gilt cover and spine lettering. Gilt cover illustrations. 6.75” x 4.75”.
The copyright on the red books is 1881. Thus, they were published on or after that date.

Format #4
Harper's Young People's Series was a multi-authored series of children's/juvenile book reprints first published in the late nineteenth century and published with various titles into the 1920's. The ten Franconia volumes were added to the series in 1903. These two covers have been seen in numerous colors and have been used for other titles in the series. Appreciate that although the books of the Harper's Young People's Series have been seen in many different covers, the ten Franconia books were only published with these two covers.