Little Blue Book Collection, 1920s.

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Little Blue Book Collection, 1920s.

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The collection consists of 235 books from the Little Blue Book series, all edited by E. Haldeman-Julius in the 1920s. These books are only a portion of the complete series and are on various subjects such as drama, science, poetry, and philosophy. There are some duplicates in the collection and some of the Little Blue Books are orange or yellow.

2 boxes.

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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....