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This is a lot of forty small books called THE POCKET SERIES. E. Haldeman-Julius; all in very good condition pocket-sized softcover, 3.5 x 5 inches, varied number of pages in each with all pages intact, stapled binding; cover edge wear, spine sunned, binding secure, pages mildly toned, unmarked. The Five or Ten Cent Pocket Series (later known as The Little Blue Books) were published in Girard, Kansas by E. Haldeman-Julius between 1919 and 1951. The books covered a wide variety of topics, from Shakespeare and the ancient Greek plays, to essays on socialism and sex education, biographies, philosophy, humor, cooking and much more, making up a "University in Print". The books sold for five to ten cents at various times, making literature available to many who could not otherwise buy books. Included in this lot are: No. 22 Tolstoi: His Life and Writings, 33 Brann: Smasher of Shams, 35 Maxims of La Rochefoucauld, 52 Oration on Voltaire, 70 Charles Lamb's Essays, 77 What Great Men Have Said About Women, 78 Hints on Public Speaking, 104 The Battle of Waterloo, 125 War Speeches and Addresses of Woodrow Wilson, 123 The life of Madam DuBarry, 139 Life of Dante, 142 Bismark the German Empire, 147 Cromwell His Times, 156 Anderson's Fairy Tales, 168 Epigrams of Oscar Wilde, 170 Constatine The Beginnings of Christianity, 171 Has Life Any Meaning, 174 Trial of William Penn, 180 Epigrams of Bernard Shaw, 181 Epigrams of Thoreau, 186 How I Wrote "The Raven", 187 The Humor of Whistler, 202 Survival of the Fittest, 205 Artemus Ward: His Book, 214 Speeches of Lincoln, 215 The Miraculous Revenge, 217 The Puzzle of Personality, and 12 more I do not have room to list!! Please note.... I mail once weekly
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