Martin and Nelly Stories by Josephine Franklin
| 1. Nelly and Her Friends |
(Copyright 1859 by BTC) |
| 2. Nelly's First School Days |
(Copyright and title page 1860 by BT)
First edition-diamond
cover format |
| 3. Nelly and Her Boat |
(Copyright 1860 by BT) |
| 4. Little Bessie, the Careless Girl |
(Copyright 1860 by BT) |
| 5. Nelly's Visit |
(Copyright 1861 by BT) |
| 6. Zelma |
(Copyright 1861 by BT) |
| 7. Martin |
(Copyright 1864 by Taggard and Thompson) |
| 8. Cousin Regulus; or, The Two Fairy Queens |
(Copyright 1864 by Taggard and Thompson) |
| 9. Martin and Nelly |
(Copyright 1865 by Taggard and Thompson) |
| 10. Martin on the Mountain |
(Copyright 1865 by Taggard and Thompson) |
| 11. Martin and the Miller |
(Copyright 1865 and title page by Taggard and Thompson) |
| 12. Trouting, or, Gypsying in the Woods |
(Copyright and title page 1865 by Taggard and Thompson) |
Brown, Taggard and Chase only published the first title.
Interestingly a title page for book #1 dated 1861 with the BTC imprint
has been seen. Since BTC was no longer in business as of that year, the publishers must have found some old title pages with BTC and just added the 1861 date.
Brown and Taggard published volumes #1-6. Two formats have been seen
with this publisher’s imprint. See below. The diamond cover was seen
in 1860, 1861 and 1862 whereas the other blindstamped cover was only seen in 1861. I suspect that the latter cover is a variant. The diamond cover was utilized by BT and later publishers.
The first six titles were also published in 1862 by Fred’k A. Brown
& Co and in 1863 by Taggard and Thompson. Titles #7-12 were
published by Taggard and Thompson as they were released. Of interest
the titles were advertised as early as in 1862 Brown and Taggard
books.
All twelve volumes were reprinted by Thompson, Bigelow & Brown and
Thompson, Brown & Co.
Taggard and Thompson editions were published in 1863, 1864, 1865, 1866
and 1867. Some TT editions have no date.
This series was divided into the Martin Series and the Nelly Series by
Taggard and Thompson. It appears that this was just a convenience by
the publisher so the books could be sold in smaller sets.
Three covers have been seen with these volumes.
First edition of volume #1. (Brown, Taggard & Chase)
Cloth. Brown. Blindstamped. Gilt spine lettering and decoration.
(This is the same for all subsequent editions.)
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Format 2.
Pebbled Cloth. Various colors. Blindstamped. 6.75" x 4.5"
I have only see this pattern with one 1861 BT book.
1861 BT
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Format 3
Cloth. Blindstamped with diamond embossed on the cover. Gilt spine
lettering and decoration. 6.75" x 4.5".
This format was used for the Taggard and Thompson first editions of
titles #7-12.
This format was also used by Brown and Taggard in 1860, 1861, and
1862,
Fred'k Brown & Co. in 1862, and all Taggard and Thompson editions
(1863,1864, 1865, 1867)
1860 Brown and Taggard
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1862 Brown and Taggard
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1864 Taggard and Thompson
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1865 Taggard and Thompson
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1866 Taggard and Thompson
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Format 4.
Cloth. Various colors. Blindstamped with a peripheral
diamond cover pattern but no centrally placed embossed diamond. Gilt lettering and decoration on the spine. 6.75" x 4.5".
Then place the pictures below and label them - Thompson, Bigelow &
Brown.
