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Dime Novels and Nickel Weeklies
Featured below are 8 issues of "dime novels" and "nickel weeklies" published between 1892 and 1922. The titles include Frank Reade Library, Tip Top Weekly, Nick Carter Weekly, Deadwood Dick Library, Buffalo Bill Stories, All-Sports Library, All Around Weekly, and Wild West Weekly. The publishers represented by this group include Street & Smith, Beadle & Adams, The Winner Library Co., Frank Tousey, and Harry E. Wolff. Information listed at the right of each issue includes publication date, year established, publisher, and an estimated total number of issues published. These texts are provided by the Villanova University Digital Library initiative, and licensed to the public under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License.
For information and resources on dime novels, see the Villanova University Digital Library's exhibit. |
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September 24, 1892 Frank Reade Library | Est. 1892 | Frank Tousey | Total Issues: 191. |
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June 26, 1897 Tip Top Weekly | Est. 1896 | Street & Smith | Total Issues: 1017. |
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November 6, 1897 Nick Carter Weekly | Est. 1897 | Street & Smith | Total Issues: 819. |
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March 15, 1899 Deadwood Dick Library | Est. 1899 | Beadle & Adams | Total Issues: 64. |
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May 25, 1901
Buffalo Bill Stories | Est. 1901 | Street & Smith | Total Issues: 947. |
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March 11, 1905
All-Sports Library | Est. 1905 | The Winner Library Co. | Total Issues: 56. |
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December 9, 1910 All Around Weekly | Est. 1909 | Frank Tousey | Total Issues: 72. |
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March 3, 1922 Wild West Weekly | Est. 1902 | Harry E. Wolff (1917-1926) | Ed., Ronald Oliphant | Total Issues: 2118. |
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According to US Copyright law (Title 17, US Code), these items are now in the Public Domain, since their original pre-1923 copyright registrations have expired (Copyright Office, Circ. 15a, "Duration of Copyright"). In countries outside the United States, however, copyright restrictions may still apply. |