F. M. Lupton

Beyond the City (1893-1896)

The Mystery of Cloomber (ca. 1895)

List of The Arm Chair Library titles

F. M. Lupton was an American book publishing company created by Frank Moore Lupton (1854-1910).

In December, 1875 with the F. M. Lupton and Co. imprint, he and two of his friends, Stuart H. Moore and J. Victor Wilson, took over the publishing rights of the literary periodical, Cricket on the Hearth. It was " An illustrated journal of literature, romance, useful knowledge, etc.". This large sized magazine was published by Lupton until it merged with The Ladies' World in 1889.

In 1882, he founded his own company "F. M. Lupton." He incorporated in 1892 and changed the name to "F. M. Lupton Publishing Company."

In 1902 Frank Lupton declared that there was confusion because there were two companies using the same name. One was F. M. Lupton Publishing Company and the other was F. M. Lupton, publisher. Thus, names were changed. The F. M. Lupton Publishing Company became the Federal Book Company whereas F. M. Lupton, publisher stayed in business to mainly print magazines and periodicals.

• The company was named as:
  • F. M. Lupton and Company (1875~)
  • F. M. Lupton, Publisher (1882-1892)
  • F. M. Lupton Publishing Company (1892-1902)
  • The Federal Book Company (1902-1904) for books
  • F. M. Lupton, Publisher (1902-1929) for magazines

Between 1893 and 1898, the company published 8 novels and 3 short stories written by Arthur Conan Doyle.

F. M. Lupton also published a magazine called Good Literature with some Conan Doyle's works.

Conan Doyle published by F. M. Lupton

1893-1896

• A Study in Scarlet (The Arm Chair Library No. 16, 10 cents)
• The Sign of the Four (The Arm Chair Library No. 58, 10 cents)
• Beyond the City (The Arm Chair Library No. 75, 10 cents)
• The Mystery of Cloomber (The Arm Chair Library No. 78, 10 cents)
• The Doings of Raffles Haw (The Arm Chair Library No. 131, 10 cents)
• The White Company (Souvenir series No. 28, 25 cents)
• The White Company (Avon series, 35 cents)
• The White Company (Lenox series, 75 cents)
• The White Company (Princeton series, 50 cents)

1896

• The Sherlock Holmes Detective Stories (The People's Handbook Series No. 48, 10 cents) (incl. SIGN, SCAN, IDEN, REDH)

1897

• A Study in Scarlet (Melville series)

1898

• The Sign of the Four (Acme series, 20 cents)
• A Study in Scarlet (Acme series, 20 cents)
• Beyond the City (Windsor series, 30 cents)
• The Firm of Girdlestone (Windsor series, 30 cents)
• Micah Clarke (Windsor series, 30 cents)
• The Sign of the Four (Windsor series, 30 cents)
• A Study in Scarlet (Windsor series, 30 cents)
• The White Company (Windsor series, 30 cents)
• The Firm of Girdlestone (Lupton Gilt Top series, 50 cents)
• Micah Clarke (Lupton Gilt Top series, 50 cents)
• The White Company (Lupton Gilt Top series, 50 cents)
• Beyond the City (Daisy series)
• The Sign of the Four (Daisy series)
• A Study in Scarlet (Daisy series)
• Micah Clarke (Elite series No. 220, 25 cents)
• The Firm of Girdlestone (Elite series No. 226, 25 cents)
• Beyond the City (Elite series No. 276, 25 cents)
• The Sign of the Four (Elite series No. 281, 25 cents)
• A Study in Scarlet (Elite series No. 284, 25 cents)
• The White Company (Aldis series No. 2, 25 cents)
• Micah Clarke (Aldis series No. 29, 25 cents)
• F. M. Lupton sets $1,80:
  • Beyond the City
  • The Firm of Girdlestone
  • Micah Clarke
  • The Sign of the Four
  • A Study in Scarlet
  • The White Company
• The Sign of the Four (White series)
• Beyond the City (White series)

1899-1900

• The White Company (Lupton Series for Boys)

Conan Doyle published by The Federal Book Company

1902

• The Firm of Girdlestone (Superb series)

Covers

• The Arm Chair Library (1893-1896)
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  Beyond the City (No. 58)

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  Beyond the City (No. 75)

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  The Mystery of Cloomber (No. 78)

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  A Study in Scarlet (No. 16)

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  Beyond the City (No. 75)

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  The Mystery of Cloomber (No. 78)

• The People's Handbook Series
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  The Sherlock Holmes Detective Stories (1896)

• Melville series
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  A Study in Scarlet Melville series (1897)

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  A Study in Scarlet Melville series (1897)

• Acme series
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  A Study in Scarlet Acme series (1898)

• Windsor series
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  The Firm of Girdlestone (1898)

• Daisy series
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  A Study in Scarlet (1898)

• White series
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  Beyond the City (ca. 1900)

• Lupton Series for Boys
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  The White Company (1899-1900)

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• The Federal Book Company
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  The Firm of Girdlestone (1902)
  Title and spine worn out

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  The Firm of Girdlestone title page (1902)

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• See also History of the company

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