Alma Series of Masterpieces

Topic:

Publish Dates: 1903-1906

Volumes: 12

Formats: 3

Title:

Author:

Year:

Illustrator:

1

Charles Reade

edited by A. D. Hall

2

Charles Darwin

edited by A. D. Hall

3

Herbert Spencer

edited by A. D. Hall

4

Sir Walter Scott

edited by A. D. Hall

5

Richard Brinsley Sheridan

edited by A. D. Hall

6

Tobias Smollett

edited by A. D. Hall

7

John Lothrop Motley

edited by A. D. Hall

8

William H. Prescott

edited by A. D. Hall

9

Henry Ward Beecher

edited by A. D. Hall

10

Wendell Phillips

edited by A. D. Hall

11

Bayard Taylor

edited by A. D. Hall

12

J. Fenimore Cooper

edited by A. D. Hall

H. M. Caldwell Co. first published this series in 1903. The titles are all reprints. The series was reprinted into 1906.

Frontispiece portrait of the author.

Three Formats.

1. Full dark blue flexible calf. Gilt top. Boxed (1903-1904)

2. White canvas back. Various colors. Box matches the binding. (1903-1904)

3. Full limp cloth. Various colors. Boxed (1905-1906) (Not seen)

Format 1:
This picture is from the Caldwell catalogue

Format 2