1890 Belford Clarke

J. S. Ogilvie & Co.
Here is the Part 2 book from the Joke (and Fun) Books. Note that No. 17 is on the spine.

Here are two posters advertising an unknown play produced by the Jollities which starred Lillie Bate and Eugene Millard. Both actors were in many plays in the era when Atkinson’s Jollities were most active.
The posters are 27″ x 17″.

The Jollities also put on a play “The Toymakers”. The play was based on the 1907 book of the same name written by Charles Pidgin. Of course, Pidgin and Atkinson collaborated on the Peck’s Bad Boy productions.

It appears that by 1907 Atkinson and James Thatcher were directing the Jollities in The Toymakers and were working together to produce other plays some of which were written by Charles Pidgin (Quincy Adams Sawyer. Blennerhassett), others not (Black Beauty, Miss Petticoats, Hope Hathaway).

Below is a trade bill for The Toymakers. The Venue is the Farman Theatre in Warsaw, New York.

For more information, see Atkinson’s Jollities.

This title was initially issued in 1887 for 25 cents in paperback as #34 in J. S. Ogilvie’s Fireside Series. This edition has 10 full page illustrations. The illustrations are signed T.W.

(Pictures courtesy of https://archive.org/stream/badboyhissister00musi#page/n5/mode/2up)

W. Foulsham & Co. LTD, London

A Bad Boy’s Diary was book #1 in this firm’s Pilgrim’s Library. It originally came with a dust jacket.

It is cloth and measures 7.5″ x 5″.

This title was published in the 1924-1925 time range.

1904 Thompson and Thomas format

This book was clearly a financial success. Advanced sales of thirty thousand is very impressive. Here is a sample of their solicitation for the deluxe format of this title.

I do not know if the book pictured here is the “deluxe” book or not.

Charles C. Thompson published this combination book in about 1909. This is when this Chicago company succeeded Thompson and Thomas. The book format is identical to the 1901 combination book published by Thompson and Thomas.

This little 7.25″ x 4.75″ part is the earliest publication of a section of the Bad Boy’s Diary. Note that it states Part First on the front cover. Also it has the 29 Rose Street address indicating a publication between 1879 and 1881. The last page of text indicates Part Second is about to be issued.

For more information, Bad Boy’s Diary

Here is another movie poster for Peck’s Bad Boy starring Jackie Cooper (1934).

Here is another contemporaneous mini-biography of George W. Peck. This book, Ten Wise Men, was published in 1909. It includes biographies of a number of others including Opie Reid and Artemus Ward.