From the beginning of the Everyman's Library, Dents published lists of current, new, and sometimes planned titles. The early lists included an order form, but as the lists grew longer, this was dispensed with. Each list entry was simple: author, title, introducer or translator, and sometimes illustrator. Around 1920, lists began to be bound into the back of some of the books, but the longer catalogs were always available through the mails. As the frequency of updates diminished, Dents began to issue descriptive catalogs, with brief notes on each title. For a full discussion of the various catalogs see Seymour 49-56, though other catalogs have surfaced since the Guide was published in 2005. The following images offer a representative selection.
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1906—the first list. |
1906—order form. |
1909 |
1915 |
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1934 Descriptive List |
1934 cover verso |
1934 back cover |
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1951 Dutton catalog |
1951 New American edition description |
1952 |
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1966 Diamond Jubilee catalog |
1966 cover verso announcements |