The Queen of the City of Mirth

Overview:

  • Title: The Queen of the City of Mirth
  • Author: Elbridge H. Sabin
  • Year: 1911
  • Publisher: George W. Jacobs and Co.
  • Price: $1.25
  • Pages: 164
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Type: Novel
  • Title Reference: The Queen of the City of Mirth
  • Notes:
    • Publ date inferred from listing N-Y Tribune 1911-10-07 p9 "Books of the Week" (no price)
    • Price from Frederick Loeser retail advertisements of book sales NY Times 1914-09-12 p7 "Because a Great Publishing House Was Absorbed" and -10-31, as "formerly $1.25, now $0.35". The wording and the round numbers suggest that the "formerly" are all publisher list prices.
    • Retailer advertisement in Brooklyn Daily Eagle 1913-10-15 p11 reports (as "published at $1") -- 7 full-page illustrations in color