Author: [Publisher Trade Catalogue]
Title: FRANK TOUSEY'S LATEST CATALOGUE. FIVE CENT WEEKLIES. TEN CENT HAND BOOKS.; This catalogue contains lists of titles of the most popular publications issued. They are sent by return mail to any address by Frank Tousey Publisher 24 Union Square, New York
Description: New York: Frank Tousey, Publisher, 24 Union Square, 1911. 1st Printing thus (i.e. of this catalogue). Printed paper covers, color front cover, stapled. Advert to rear cover. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. 31, [1] pp. Story paper extracts, with text printed double column. Adverts. 11" x 8-1/8". Wear, soiling & staining to covers, which has paper reinforcement along inner center fold. Age-toning to paper. Small bookseller stamp to rear wrapper lower margin. An About Good copy of this rare survivor. "Frank Tousey (1853–1902) was among the top five publishers of dime novels in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Based in New York, his sensationalism drew a large audience of youth hungry for scenes of daring and tormented heroes and damsels in distress. Of particular notice in his approach to the 'blood and thunder' genre were the vivid cover illustrations of his dime novels, which were consistently larger and more thrilling than previous publications. Although focused on fictional weeklies, Tousey managed a variety of materials over time, including some handbooks, gossip sheets, and even a newspaper on current events in the Spanish–American War." [Wiki].

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