Alexander Belford and Company, Chicago (1899)

Alexander Belford was one of the founders of several book publishing firms. The Belford Brothers in Toronto, Belford, Clarke and Company in Chicago and finally his last hurrah, Alexander Belford and Company in 1899 in Chicago.

The Alexander Belford Company published books only in 1899. The only Peck book it published was the first edition of Peck's Uncle Ike and the Red Headed Boy. It was printed in wraps as Volume 1 in the Belford Series (25 cents) and in hardcover (50 cents) (see below).

Both books are 12 mos.

This ad is from November, 1899.