Cousin Alice's Home Series
by Cousin Alice (Alice Bradley Haven)
| 1. No Such Word as Fail; or, The Children's Journey |
(Copyright 1851, title page 1852) |
| 2. Contentment Better Than Wealth |
(Copyright 1852, title page 1853) |
| 3. Patient Waiting No Loss; or, The Two Christmas Days |
(Copyright 1852) |
| 4. All's Not Gold that Glitters; or, The Young Californian |
(Copyright and title page 1853) |
| 5. Nothing Venture, Nothing Have |
(Copyright 1854, title page 1855) |
| 6. Out of Debt, Out of Danger |
(Copyright 1855) |
| 7. A Place for Everything; and Every Thing in its Place |
(Copyright and title page 1857) |
| 8. Where There's a Will, There's A Way |
(Copyright 1860, title page 1861) |
Although the first edition of title #1 has a page that states: “Home
Books” by Cousin Alice, there is also a notation in an early ad that
says “There would be more Home Books if they liked the first”. Only the
first title has been seen with the gilt cover illustration of the
two children holding a pennant.
Editions noted in 1853, 1854, 1855, 1856, 1857, 1858, 1859, 1863, 1864,
1865, 1868, 1869, 1870, 1871, 1877, 1891
This series is a bit different from most Appleton sets. Many of the
earlier books have different cover formats.
For the most part the covers are different for each book. It was not
until 1868 that all eight titles have common covers.
Known covers are shown below.
TITLE #1
Format 1. Volume 1 only
Cloth. Blue and red seen (1852 first edition) and brown 1853 (second
edition) 16 mo.
1853-1857
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TITLE #2
First edition
1853 volume noted below.
1855 edition.
1856 edition has gilt on the embossed cover picture.
TITLE #4
Volume #4 First edition
1853-1865
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Title #7
1857 first edition
1863 edition
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TITLE #8
1861 first edition of this title
1865
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1868-1870 format for all the titles:
1891 Format for all eight titles
