Published by Haldeman-Julius Company [Undated. Between 1919 and 1923, Girard, Kansas, 1923
Seller: Meir Turner, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Small booklet in wrappers. Condition: Acceptable. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket, as Issued. 62 pages. 128 x 88 mm. Pages yellowed. The Little Blue Books were a series of popular 3½ × 5 inch volumes, designed to be affordable, approachable, and convenient for all readers. The enterprise began in 1919 with a series entitled The Appeal's Pocket Series, copies of which sold for 25 cents. As mass-production techniques improved, the series grew, changed names, dropped prices, and eventually emerged as the Little Blue Books in 1923, with copies going for 5 cents a piece. Promoted as a "University in Print," the Little Blue Books covered a vast range of subjects including literature, politics, religion, history, sexuality, economics, self-help, and fine arts. As the popularity of the Little Blue Books grew, so did the scope of material, eventually bringing in to the fold volumes on cooking, stock prices, and contemporary humor, to name but a few. At the time of publisher Emanuel Haldeman-Julius' death on July 31, 1951, the Little Blue Book series boasted an inventory of over 1,800 booklets, and had seen some 2,300 unique titles grace the ranks.
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good -. Typical age-toning of pages, dark fading, a few minor soils. Dark manilla covers. 96 pages. A famous comedy by the bard. Size: 3 3/8" x 5". Book.