Presentation Series
Published by Hurst & Co.
1. Andersen's Fairy Tales | by Translated by H. L. Duklcken |
2. Arabian Nights | by Anonymous |
3. Grimm's Fairy Tales | by the Brothers Grimm |
4. Pilgrim's Progress | by John Bunyan |
5. Robinson Crusoe | by Daniel Defoe |
6. Swiss Family Robinson | by Johann Wyss |
Added in 1902
7. Child's History of England | by Charles Dickens |
8. Lamb's Tales from Shakespeare | by Charles and Mary Lamb |
9. Palmer Cox's Fairy Book | by Palmer Cox |
10. Tom Brown's School Days | by Thomas Hughes |
11. Uncle Tom's Cabin | by Harriet Beecher Stowe |
12. Mother Goose Complete | by Anonymous |
Added in 1904
13. Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass | by Lewis Carroll |
14. Black Beauty | by Anna Sewell |
15. Gulliver's Travels | by Jonathan Swift |
16. Helen's Babies | by John Habberton |
17. Peck's Uncle Ike and the Red-Headed Boy | by George W. Peck |
18. Tales from Scott for Young People |
Format 3 list: (1910-1919)
1. Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass |
2. Andersen's Fairy Tales |
3. Arabian Nights |
4. Black Beauty |
5. Grimm's Fairy Tales |
6. Gulliver's Travels |
7. Mother Goose Complete |
8. Pilgrim's Progress |
9. Robinson Crusoe |
10. Swiss Family Robinson |
11. Tom Brown's School Days |
12. Uncle Tom's Cabin |
Series was first published with six volumes by Hurst & Co. in
1895.
In 1900. in 1902 there were twelve volumes. By 1904 there were 18
volumes.
Format 1 (1895-1900). Volumes #1-6
Cloth. Various colors. Gilt cover circle within which is the title.
Cover illustrations of deer and sailboats which are common to all the
volumes. Spine with gilt letter box and illustration of palm trees. 9"
x 6".
Format 2. Beginning in 1901 with six volumes and continued until 1909.
By 1904 there were eighteen books in the series
Cloth. various colors. Each volume has a book specific cover and spine illustration. Gilt spine letter box. 8 vo.
Format 3:
Beginning in 1910 and ending in about 1919 there were 12 books in the
series.
Cloth. Various colors. Each cover has two book specific illustrations
and the title in gilt.
Spine has got lettering and a book specific illustration.