G. W. Dillingham, New York

In 1886 this firm succeeded G. W. Carleton and Company. George W. Dillingham who had worked for A. K. Loring and Crosby, Nichols joined Carleton as a clerk in 1864. By 1871 he was a partner.

In 1895 George Dillingham died from injuries he sustained in a horseback riding accident.

In 1896 the Dillingham firm incorporated to become the G. W. Dillingham Company.

The firm went bankrupt in 1916.

Initially in 1887 eleven Mayne Reid books were published for $1.50 each. The ten titles below are listed together in the Dillingham ads. Lone Ranch is listed in "miscellaneous works". The basic format for all of these books was the same. The books are blindstamped with the centrally located Dillingham name on the front cover. Different years have different peripheral cover patterns. The spine has a gold gilt book appropriate picture. All of the books are dated.

This company did not publish any Mayne Reid first editions.

1. Scalp Hunters
2. War Trail
3. Hunters' Feast
4. Tiger Hunter
5. Osceola, the Seminole
6. White Chief
7. Wood Rangers
8. Wild Huntress
9. Rifle Rangers
10. Wild Life
11. Lone Ranch

In 1887 two Mayne Reid books were included in the four title "Hudson Series":
White Chief
Scalp Hunters

These titles are in wraps and sold for 25 cents each. These books have not been seen.

By 1889 this firm was publishing sixteen Mayne Reid books in the same format as the ten title list above. In 1897 and later the cover was a pictorial rendition of a campsite with an Indian's portrait at the bottom left.

1. Scalp Hunters
2. War Trail
3. Hunters' Feast
4. Tiger Hunter
5. Osceola, The Seminole
6. Quadroon
7. Rangers and Regulators
8. White Gauntlet
9. Wild Life
10. Headless Horseman
11. Lost Lenore
12. Wood Rangers
13. White Chief
14. Wild Hunters
15. Maroon
16. Rifle Ranger

A paperback series was published in 1891. A representative title from this group of sixteen books is shown below.

The Book Formats:

1889-1892
These books basically had the same blindstamped cover but each year had a different pattern on the cover borders.

 

 

1897-early 1900's

 

1891