Little Blue Book series

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As part of its Shakespeare Collection, the Folger holds about 140-150 volumes in the Little Blue Book series published by the Haldeman-Julius Company. These volumes are currently being cataloged (as of December 2015). So far, Pocket series, Ten Cent Pocket series, and Little Blue Book impressions are represented, all in paper wrappers. Each volume is cataloged individually, and differing series titles are treated as justification for the creation of a new record. When not present in the item, dates are approximated based on work done by Richard Colles Johnson and G. Thomas Tanselle's article "The Haldeman-Julius 'Little Blue Books' as a Bibliographical Problem" (Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America, volume 64 (1970), pages 29-78). For more information on the Little Blue Book series, please see the [Haldeman-Julius website] maintained by LBB collectors.

The bulk of the Little Blue Book series is cataloged on cards only, but recataloging is underway. To find recataloged items in Hamnet, search "Haldeman-Julius Company" in Name Browse, "PR2756.L3" in Call Number (Left-Anchored), or "Little blue book" in Series/Uniform Title Browse.

The table below notes how many copies of each book in each series the Folger owns.

Title Pocket Ten Cent Little Blue Book Series No.
Hamlet 1 1 3 246

Cataloging

  • Use series title on item in hand when adding 490/830 (all LBB series titles are established) in OCLC. Locally, add "Little Blue Book" as an 830.