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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roaring20s, post: 3295916, member: 17270&quot;]Books can be approximately dated by the address used by Donohue printed in most of their books.</p><p><br /></p><p>1901-1906: 407-429 Dearborn Ave.</p><p>1907-1909 (or 1910): 407-425 Dearborn Ave.</p><p>1911 (or 1910)-1916: 701-727 Dearborn Ave.</p><p>1917-1922: 701-733 Dearborn Ave.</p><p>1923: 709-711 Dearborn Ave.</p><p><br /></p><p>Early Donohue &amp; Co. book series, such as the Adelphi Library, are difficult to track down by name in contemporary sources. I suspect the series were not advertised much but instead sold in bulk for sales through department, drug and dime stores. An advertisement, below, from the Dry Goods Reporter, May 28, 1904, advertises Donohue &amp; Co. paperbound novels, sold in bulk with an only minimal indication of the actual titles that would be shipped.</p><p><br /></p><p>The above is from...</p><p><a href="https://seriesofseries.owu.edu/adelphi-library/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://seriesofseries.owu.edu/adelphi-library/" rel="nofollow">https://seriesofseries.owu.edu/adelphi-library/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>... as is the following ad ...</p><p>[ATTACH=full]298608[/ATTACH]</p><p>It&#039;s listed as book #84.</p><p>James.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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