The Select library. : Containing the best popular literature, including memoirs, biography, novels, tales, travels, &c.

Format:

Journal/Periodical

Contributor:

Waldie, Adam, 1792?-1842, editor.

Waldie, Adam, 1792?-1842, publisher.

A. Waldie & Co., publisher.

Series:

American Historical Periodicals from the American Antiquarian Society.

American Historical Periodicals from the American Antiquarian Society

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Literature--Periodicals.

Literature.

Genre:

Half bindings (Binding)

Marbled papers (Paper)

Fillet tools (Binding)

Printed wrappers (Binding)

Re-issues (Publishing)

Binders' tickets (Binding)

Periodicals.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

5 numbers a month, <1840-1841>

Began in 1832; ceased in 1842.

Other Title:

Waldie's octavo library

Library

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : Printed and published by A. Waldie, 46, Carpenter Street

System Details:

text file

Notes:

Reproduction of the original from the American Antiquarian Society.

Title from volume title page.

Publisher: A. Waldie & Co. <1841>.

Publication was suspended in 1840, after six numbers had been issued, and was resumed in 1841.

Includes separately issued supplement: Waldie's journal of polite literature. This was absorbed into the main publication <Jan. 6, 1841> and became an unpaged section at the beginning of the Select library.

The printed wrappers contain "The Journal of belles lettres, embracing three to four pages of addition new matter, will be given every week as an accompaniment ..." This was also issued separately "on fine white paper ... to non-subscribers to the 'Library,' at two dollars per annum if paid in advance, or three dollars at the end of the year." The Journal of belles lettres was also issued with the reprint and the octavo editions.

A notice in v. 1, no. 16, states that "the first thirteen numbers are entirely exhausted, but a new series, no. 1, was commenced with the Sarrans' Memoirs (Jan. 15, 1833)". The contents and typesetting are identical with the numbers of the same dates of the original series. The only differentiation is the designation "new series" on the covers and the numbering of the issues. (New ser., v. 1, no. 1 (Jan. 15, 1833)-v. 1, no. 26 (July 9, 1833) corresponds to the original series, v. 1, no. 14 (Jan. 15, 1833)-v. 2, no. 13 (July 9, 1833): new ser., v. 2, no. 1 (July 16, 1833)-v. 2, no. 26 (Jan. 7, 1834) to v. 2, no. 14 (July 16, 1833)-v. 2, no. 39 (Jan. 7, 1834)). Issued also in annual compilations; also issued in a smaller (octato) format with title: Waldie's octavo library.

"The Port folio, and companion to the select circulating library" was issued as a separate publication.

Local Notes:

American Antiquarian Society copy 1 has binder's ticket: A. Hutchinson, binder and bookseller. Main-St. Worcester, Mass.

American Antiquarian Society copy 2 is wrappers with The journal of belles lettres, 1838. Has binder's ticket of A. Hutchinson.

Has Supplement:

Waldie's journal of polite literature (Philadelphia, Pa. : Octavo edition)

Port folio, and companion to the Select circulating library

Journal of belles lettres (Philadelphia, Pa. : Octavo edition)

OCLC:

1041936650

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