Title
Special Introductory Bargain Sale of Books
Coverage
New York
Publisher
F. M. Lupton, Publishers
Date
1903
Subject
Catalogue including 11⁄2¢ books, with order form
Description
Priding itself on a business model that “catered to the masses not the classes, ”F. M. Lupton periodically issued bargain catalogues that reduced prices on its entire stock by 60 to 70 percent. Books in this catalogue that normally sold for 25¢, 10¢, and 5¢ dropped to 7¢, 4¢, and 1½¢. The catalogue included six Conan Doyle titles, three of them Sherlockian. The Sherlock Holmes Detective Stories (including The Sign of the Four, “A Scandal in Bohemia,” “A Case of Identity,” and “The Red-Headed League”), A Study in Scarlet, The Sign of the Four, Beyond the City, and The Mystery of Cloomber each cost 4¢, while “The Mystery of Sasassa Valley,” Conan Doyle’s first published short story, was priced at 1½¢.
Format
In original printed wrappers