Mershon Publisher's Series

The Mershon Company published a number of publisher’s series that were mostly for adults. The books in these series were mostly classics and titles by well known authors not in copyright. Mershon began publishing these series in 1897 with:
Standard Series
Sterling Series
Plymouth Series
New Edinburgh
Queen Edition
Library Edition

This was followed by:
Regal Series
Red Library
Winona Series
Golden Gem Series
Floral Series
Imperial Series
Elizabeth Series
Garland Series

Copyright Library (Unknown format)

Not all the editions in the aforementioned series are known. What is known it shown below.

A number of Mershon publishers series books have been seen but the series to which they belong is unknown. Those books are also shown below.

The New Holly Library (1898-1901), Bon-Ton Library, Maywood Library and the Premium Library (1897-1899) were paperbound book series.

Paperbound series books:

Holly Library


Premium Library


Cloth bound Publisher's series:

Queen Edition

1897


Favorite Library

1899

Pre-1902


Golden Gem Series

1899


Winona Series

1899-1901


Regal Series


Sterling Series

1899


Standard Series 16 mo.

1902

1900-1901

1897

1899


Red library

(pre-1902)


Imperial Series

Post-1902


Garland Series

Post-1902


Floral Series

1902


Elizabeth Series

Post-1902


Unknown Series Pre-1902

1897

 

 


A book very similar to this one was published by A. D. Porter Co. in its Bonnie Series in 1896.

Published pre and post 1902


Unknown Series Post-1902