Set of 7 pocket-sized booklets

Object/Artifact

Sidney Museum and Archives

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

1980.040.002 a-g

Description

Set of seven paper-back booklets of "pocket" size. From the "Ten-cent Pocket Series", edited by E. Haldenman-Julius Company, Girard, Kansas. a) Play - "Tartuffe" by Moliere - has a pale blue cover, 68 pages; pages inside are fadedand yellowed. #99 b) Play - "Salome" by Oscar Wilde has a faded grey cover, 61 pages with inside pages yellowed. #46 c) Play "Ghosts" by Henrik Ibsen 96 pages, faded blue-grey cover with inside pages yellowed. #16 d) Prose - "The Country of the Blind" H. G. Wells - 62 pages, faded blue-grey cover b) Play - "Salome" by Oscar Wilde - has a faded gray cover, 61 pages; inside pages yellowed. #46 c) Play - "Ghosts" by Henrik Ibsen - 96 pages, faded blue-gray cover, inside pages yellowed. #16 d) Prose - "The Country of the Blind" - H. G. Wells - 62 pages, blue-grey cover; inside pages yellowed. #161 e) Prose - "The Colour of Life" - E. Haldeman-Julius - 125 pages, faded blue-grey cover; inside pages yellowed. #72 f) Prose - "The Human Tragedy" - Anatole France - 87 pages, faded blue-grey cover; inside pages yellowed. #219 g) Play - Lady Windermere's Fan" - Oscar Wilde - 87 pages, faded blue-grey cover; inside pages yellowed. #8 All stamped in ink on back cover on side "Made in U.S.A." No publication date.

Acquisition

Source (if not Accessioned)

McChesnie, Mrs.

Notes

Accession Date: 08-Aug-80 Mode of Acquisition: gift

Lexicon

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

booklets, plays booklets

Class

Communications Objects - Documentary Objects - Literary Works

Created By

Garnham, Peter

Create Date

October 24, 1995

Updated By

[email protected]

Update Date

August 7, 2025