Category: Adventure

The Beadle Collection of Dime Novels Given to the New York Public Library By Dr. Frank P. O'Brien

Through the generosity of Dr. Frank P. O’Brien of New York, who has given this collection to the Library, it is possible to place on exhibition about fourteen hundred of those rare little books and magazines which, beginning about the year 1859, were issued in America under th...

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11. Part 11

HENDERSON, J. Stanley. The Cherokee chief; or, The white rose of the Saluda. A romance of 1756. New York: Beadle and Adams [cop. 1867]. 99 p. 16^o. (no. 156.)

8. Part 8

HALL, Samuel S. The Tarantula of Taos; or, Giant George’s revenge. By “Buckskin Sam”--Major Sam S. Hall.... New York: Beadle and Adams, 1883. 14 p. illus. 3. ed. 4^o. (no. 297.)

7. Part 7

no. 1 has title: Beadle’s dime American speaker; no. 2: Beadle’s dime national speaker; no. 3: Beadle’s dime patriotic speaker; no. 4: Beadle’s dime comic speaker; no. 5: Beadle...

6. Part 6

SIMS, A. K. Stuttering Sam, the whitest sport of Santa Fe; or, How the hummer from Hummingbird feathered his nest. New York: Beadle & Adams, 1891. 32 p. illus. f^o. (no. 673.)

10. Part 10

WHEELER, Edward L. The Buffalo Demon; or, The border vultures. A tale of the Southwest. New York: Beadle and Adams, 1884. 31 p. illus. 2. ed. 8^o. (no. 7.)

9. Part 9

COWDRICK, Jesse C. Broadway Billy’s queer bequest; or, Sifting the Santvoord secret. The romance of a remarkable remainder. New York: Beadle and Adams, 1892. 14 p. illus. 4^o. (...

4. Part 4

DUMONT, Frank. Wide-a-wake, the robber king; or, The idiot of the Black Hills. A dramatic romance of wild life on the border. New York: Beadle & Adams, cop. 1879. 21 p. illus. 4...

3. Part 3

BALLARD, J. D. Sparks from the camp-fire. The truest and most tragic tales of the war. New York: Army and Navy Pub. Co., 1883. 23 p. illus. f^o. (no. 9.)

12. Part 12

WEAVER, Dick. Dick Weaver’s great keno songster. Selection of comic, sentimental, burlesque and character songs. New York: F. Starr & Co. [cop. 1871.] iv, 6-64 p. 16^o. (Frank S...

5. Part 5

MERRILL, James Milford. Kinkfoot Karl, the mountain scourge; or, Wiping out the score. By Morris Redwing [pseud.]. New York: Beadle & Adams, 1884. 29 p. illus. 4. ed. f^o. (no....

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2. Part 2

Most spectacular and attractive of all, in their outward appearance, are the books of the Type H series. These are likewise octavos, published in 1870 and the years immediately...

15. Part 15

Victor, Metta V. F.: Alice Wilde, the raftsman’s daughter, 71. The backwoods bride, 38, 71. The housewife’s manual, 22. Maum Guinea, and her plantation “children,” 38. Myrtle, t...

1. Part 1

Through the generosity of Dr. Frank P. O’Brien of New York, who has given this collection to the Library, it is possible to place on exhibition about fourteen hundred of those r...

13. Part 13

SHILLABER, Benjamin Penhallow. Mrs. Partington’s ridicule. A collection of wit and humor, which the old lady offers to her friends. Boston: Thomes & Talbot [cop. 1863]. 100 p. 1...

14. Part 14

Hall, S. S.: Arizona Jack, 46. Bald Head’s pards, 60. Bandera Bill, 48. The bayou bravo, 28. Big Foot Wallace, the king of the lariat, 26. The black bravo, 26. Bowlder Bill, 29....

17. Part 17