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Chicago office, during its history, progressively moving into larger spaces. The address listed in a book can is thus one manner of dating, within a range of years, a book's date of publication. Albert Burt remained at his small
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began offering 50-cent juvenile hardcovers in 1905; 69 titles were issued under the series in slightly less than a decade, during which the price eventually rose to 60 cents. The company also issued a line of "illustrated cover" juvenile books between 1907 and 1911, with titles by authors such as
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who had come to recognize the demand for inexpensive reference works while working as a traveling salesman. The company began by reprinting home reference works and reprints of popular and classic fiction, before expanding into the field of children's works, particularly series books.
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fishing, and wrote on the subject. Burt eventually gave up his active work in May 1913—"much against his will," per the obituary. After a months-long illness he died in his home at 178 Brooklyn Avenue on 28 December 1913, and was buried in the
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hit, A. L. Burt's sales, and line of publications, declined. The company still published a number of successful series, and even bought the printing plates and copyrights from George Sully and
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Manhattan at least four times. He also began to focus on hardcover novels, a response to the
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Series, started in 1922, coincided with a popular interest in wireless radio—and with the
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line of books. He also wanted to publish so-called "good literature," and so at the same time began the
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on credit—and within ten years had sold some 250,000 copies. Albert Burt followed the dictionary with
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2051:"Chicago as a Book Mark: It is Now, Says A. L. Burt, the Great Distributing Center"
1964:. Vol. LVIII, no. 120. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. 18 May 1889. p. 2.
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1734:. Vol. 52, no. 319. Rochester, New York. 14 November 1884. p. 5.
1124:. Vol. 100, no. 294. Brooklyn, New York. 23 October 1941. p. 15.
937:. Vol. 73, no. 359. Brooklyn, New York. 29 December 1913. p. 10.
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by Otis—writing under the pen name Harry Prentice—was published in June 1890.
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806:Girl Scouts Mystery Series (6 volumes, 1933–1936)
730:. The following is a partial list of such works:
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137:, and in 1911, in an effort to compete with the
2324:New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission
1268:"A. L. Burt's Sons Give their Mother $ 112,950"
2232:Eastlack, Robert D. (November–December 2013).
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2367:"Mechanics of the Stratemeyer Syndicate"
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234:1876), and Edward Fuller Burt (born
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2340:"The A. L. Burt Boys' Home Library"
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286:Volume 1, number 1 of A. L. Burt's
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199:. He was also an eighth-generation
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323:The National Standard Encyclopedia
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2392:Leonard, John W., ed. (1907).
1542:Directory of Directors 1913–14
1530:Directory of Directors 1911–12
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659:Rocket Riders Over the Desert
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435:The Boy Allies Under the Sea
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821:Mary Lou (3 volumes, 1935)
750:American Adventures Series
508:The Young Treasure Seekers
379:Frank Fowler, the Cash Boy
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267:Cemetery of the Evergreens
193:American Revolutionary War
2442:(1): 21. 21 January 1914.
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756:Aunt Amy's Animal Stories
741:Adventurous Allens Series
540:St George Henry Rathborne
207:seventeen. Burt moved to
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611:General of the Air Force
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447:The Spirit of the Border
245:The Brooklyn Daily Eagle
504:The Young Pearl Hunters
496:The Young Plume Hunters
149:series centered around
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2436:The Publishers' Weekly
2173:The Publishers' Weekly
2157:The Publishers' Weekly
1896:The Boston Daily Globe
1732:Democrat and Chronicle
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839:Mystery Hunters Series
787:Camp Fire Girls Series
683:Mystery Hunters Series
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278:Early years, 1883–1902
254:Clapp Memorial Library
2508:Newport Vintage Books
2055:The Daily Inter Ocean
1703:Newport Vintage Books
842:Nancy Pembroke Series
783:Camp Fire Boys Series
599:Hunniwell Boys Series
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480:Stratemeyer Syndicate
469:In Search of Treasure
460:Chimney Corner Series
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1962:Harrisburg Telegraph
1332:Burt & Burt 1893
1072:Burt & Burt 1893
1060:Burt & Burt 1893
1015:Burt & Burt 1893
982:Burt & Burt 1893
970:Burt & Burt 1893
854:Rocket Riders Series
818:Marjorie Dean Series
681:and the four-volume
667:Outboard Boys Series
595:Lakewood Boys Series
538:under pseudonyms of
484:Grosset & Dunlap
339:The Family Physician
46:Publishing companies
2190:Chase, Bradford S.
1074:, pp. 494–495.
1062:, pp. 493–494.
984:, pp. 492–494.
836:Mystery Boys Series
833:Mother Goose Series
771:Black Shadow Series
736:The Adventure Girls
728:The Adventure Girls
724:Burt's Home Library
639:Rocket Rider Series
607:General of the Army
593:, the seven-volume
575:The Adventure Girls
556:Boy Troopers Series
516:Jack Lorimer Series
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315:typesetting
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217:Connecticut
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165:Clair Blank
151:World War I
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526:, and the
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363:James Otis
240:Republican
163:series by
123:James Otis
87:A. L. Burt
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494:'s books
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