Publisher:John W. Lovell
ISFDB publishers:
- John W. Lovell Company
- United States Book Co.
"Lovell's" Libraries and Series
Eight "Lovell's" series are covered in the first December 1889 issue of The American Bookseller: A Semi-Monthly Journal [...] ("Additions to the Libraries", pp. 666-67):
- Lovell's American Novelists Series
- Lovell's Household Library
- Lovell's International Series ( ISFDB span 1889 1890 )
- Lovell's Illustrated Series
- Lovell's Library ( ISFDB span 1883 1884 )
- Lovell's Literature Series
- Lovell's Occult Series ( ISFDB span 1889 1890 )
- Lovell's Political and Scientific Series
One more series is known from October 1890, then published by United States Book Company, the successor to John W. Lovell.
- Lovell's Westminster Series ( ISFDB span 1890 only )
Four of nine are now ISFDB publishers (linked); that is, they have at least one publication in the database.
| numbers | cents | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| # 1-16 | 25, 50 | American Novelists | |
| #240-269 +3 to 276 |
25, 50 | Household Library | |
| #32-50 | 30, 50 | International S | |
| # 1-3 | 50 | Illustrated S | |
| #1411-1450 +3 to 1457 (end?) |
20 | Lovell's Library | |
| # 1-15 | 20, 30 | Literature S | |
| # 1-4 | 50 | Occult S | |
| # 1-5 | 15 ... 35 | Political and Sci S | |
| (start 1890) | Westminster S |
Dates are not publication dates, but issue dates of the sources in which the series are advertised or otherwise listed.
Probably this covers the final, highest-numbered issues of Lovell's Library, namely #1411 to 1457. If so, it appears that Lovell, and its successor USBC, terminated the one series and inaugurated at least six new ones in late 1889 and 1890.
| numbers | cents | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| # | American Novelists | ||
| # | Household Library | ||
| #113 ... 131 | 50c, cloth $1 | International S | |
| # | Illustrated S | ||
| (end 1889) | ---- | Lovell's Library | |
| # | Literature S | ||
| # 8, 11 | 50c, cloth $1 | Occult S | |
| # | Political and Sci S | ||
| # 10 ... 17 | 25c | Westminster S |
Sources:
The American Bookseller: A Semi-Monthly Journal ... (available at HathiTrust)
- 1889-12-01 "Additions to the Libraries"
- 1890-10-15 p272, "Lovell's Recent Publications" advert by USBC
The Critic: A Weekly ...
- 1890-10-04 pII, "Lovell's Recent Publications" advert by USBC