Mark twain books published by collier
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SPECIAL FEATURE
by Barbara Schmidt
A History of and Guide to
UNIFORM EDITIONS OF MARK TWAIN'S WORKS
"Collier and Harper in Big Book Merger"
- The New York Times, 4 August 1921
Peter Fenelon Collier (b.
1849 - d. 1909) founder of P. F. Collier and Son.
By the time the company that bore his name acquired the rights to publish Mark Twain's uniform editions, both he and his son Robert were dead.
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Chapter 28
P.
F. Collier and Son Editions
Background of the Collier Company
Peter Fenelon Collier was an Irish immigrant born in 1849 who came to the United States in the late 1860s.
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A devout Catholic, Collier attended St. Mary's Seminary in Cincinnati, Ohio for a brief time and afterward began working for publishing companies in the area. Collier believed the business of book publishing could be successful if customers were offered the opportunity to buy books on an installment plan.
A man with keen business sense, he relocated to New York in 1874 to start h