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Except for the brief trial of New and Old Friends in 1873, the quarto form was first used in April, 1877, for the Fireside Library, and in May of the same year for the Dime Library. Perhaps Beadle and Adams were somewhat in doubt as to the reception of the new format, consequently the first twenty-six numbers of the Dime Library were issued under one of the firm's other names—Frank Starr & Co.—and with the address 41 Platt Street, the side entrance to the Beadle office, at 98 William Street, just around the corner.
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