Rover Boys Series for Young Americans by Arthur Winfield
Published by The Mershon Company
| 1. Rover Boys at School | (Copyright 1899 by Mershon) |
| 2. Rover Boys on the Ocean | (Copyright 1899 by Mershon) |
| 3. Rover Boys in the Jungle | (Copyright 1899 by Mershon) |
| 4. Rover Boys Out West | (Copyright 1900 by Mershon) |
| 5. Rover Boys on the Great Lakes | (Copyright 1901 by Mershon) |
| 6. Rover Boys on the Mountains | (Copyright 1902 by Mershon) |
| 7. Rover Boys on Land and Sea | (Copyright 1903 by Mershon) |
| 8. Rover Boys in Camp | (Copyright 1904 by Mershon) |
| 9. Rover Boys on the River | (Copyright 1905 by the Stitt Company) |
| 10. Rover Boys on the Plains | (Copyright 1906 by Mershon) |
| 11. Rover Boys in Southern Waters | (Copyright 1907 by Mershon) |
| Although book #11 was copyrighted by Mershon, Chatterton-Peck actually published the first edition. | |
The Mershon Company published the first editions of #1-8, #10.
The Stitt Company published the first edition of #9 (River) and
reprints of #1-8
Chatterton-Peck Company published reprints of #1-10 beginning in 1906
and the first edition of #11.
The first editions of #1-5 note only New York on the title page. First editions of #6-8 and #10 have New York and Rahway, N. J. on the title page. (See below)
Books published after Chatterton-Peck by Grosset & Dunlap and The Whitman Company are beyond the scope of this bibliography. (Numbers 11-30)
Illustrated
Cloth. Mostly green but early books have been seen in blue, gray and tan. Cover illustrations in grey of the Sam, Tom and Dick as well as a schoolhouse and sailboat. Red lettering on the cover and the spine. 7” x 5”.
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Mershon title page until early 1902. |
Mershon title page after early 1902. |
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