Title
The Sign of the Four and A Study in Scarlet
Coverage
New York
Publisher
Frank A. Munsey
Date
Dec. 25, 1897; May 14, 1898
Subject
Early piracies, priced at 2¢, in original printed wrappers
Description
These Red Seal Library books are the lowest-priced piracies on my shelves, and it is scarcely conceivable that Munsey could have printed, distributed, and sold them for just 2¢ apiece. Munsey also pioneered the 10¢ magazine and owned 17 newspapers in the first two decades of the 20th century, earning the epithet “executioner of newspapers” by consolidating and closing many of them.
Source
Red Seal Library of Standard Books, No. 1 (Sign); Red Seal Library of Standard Books, No. 30 (Study)