Aunt Virginia Series
Published by Hurst & Co.
| 1. Aunt Virginia's Little Boys' Book |
| 2. Christmas Book for Little People |
| 3. Santa Claus Story Book |
| 4. Our Little Own Tot's Book |
| 5. Rosebud Stories for Little Girls |
| 6. Happy Days |
1895
| 1. Aunt Virginia's Gift Book |
| 2. Merry Pen and Funny Sketches |
| 3. Our Darling's Own Book |
| 4. Pretty Stories for Pretty Children |
| 5. Winter Tales and Summer Stories |
| 6. Uncle John's Stories of Animal Land |
This series was first published by Hurst & Co. in 1893 with six titles. A new list of five books was published in 1895. A sixth title was added in 1897.
In 1898 the series had ten new titles:
| 1. Aunt Virginia's Christmas Book |
| 2. Little People's Own Book |
| 3. Mother Goose |
| 4. Our Little Girls' Own Book |
| 5. Our Pets' Wonder Book |
| 6. Punch's Book of Comical Pictures and Stories |
| 7. Santa Claus Budget of Good Things |
| 8. Stories, Sketches and Pictures |
| 9. Tales from Fairyland |
| 10. Wood's Stories of the Animal World |
Beginning in 1902 the titles again changed. The series at that time
had six books.
In 1913 Titles #4 and #6 were deleted and #7 and #8 were added.
| 1. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland |
| 2. Little Tot's Own Book |
| 3. Mother Goose |
| 4. Rosebud Stories for Little Girls |
| 5. Santa Claus Gift Book |
| 6. Wood's Stories of Animals |
| 7. Aunt Virginia's Book of Pictures and Sketches |
| 8. Young Folk's Jungle Stories |
Format 1: 1895-1897 Volumes #1-6
Illuminated board covers in color. Each book had a unique picture.
Quarto
The books in 1895 and 1896 noted “Aunt Virginia's Series" (5 Kinds) on
the cover)
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Format 2: Cloth spine with board covers. The colored illustrations on
the book were unique for each title. 10” x 7.5”
Dating these books is difficult. Each title has been seen with different covers and the books are not dated. Some patterns are shown in the Hurst catalogues.
The various cloth spine books are shown below. Dates based on inscriptions and guesses are noted.
Unknown date |
ca. 1906 |
1908-1914 |
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Unknown date |
1914-Later |
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