Little blue book collection.

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Little blue book collection.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/15925944

The ISU collection consists of 2,210 items and includes the following variants: series (e.g. Appeal pocket series, Ten cent pocket series, Pocket series, Peoples pocket series), numbers, titles, authors, dates, wrapper colors, typeface, and advertising. Also included are catalogs and advertising from the period 1925-1928.

ca. 2, 210 items.

Iowa State University, Parks Library

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Iowa State University, Parks Library

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Haldeman-Julius, E. (Emanuel), 1888-1951

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American publisher of the LITTLE-BLUE BOOK, BIG-BLUE BOOK, and PEOPLE POCKET Series. His philosophy of book publishing was to build up a reputation, offer a product of wide appeal, and then reach a sound economic ratio between cost of production and cost of selling. As the series became internationally famous and sales grew, the unit price was reduced from $.25 in 1919 when the series began to $.05 in 1922. By 1928 the LITTLE-BLUE BOOK Series alone included 1,260 titles....