Street & Smith book department in 1906

Street & Smith composing room circa 1905-1910

Street & Smith bindery in 1910

Street & Smith or Street & Smith Publications, Inc. was a New York City publisher specializing in inexpensive paperbacks and magazines referred to as pulp fiction and dime novels. The company was founded in 1855 or 1858 depending on the source. The Empire State Building (right) and the Chrysler Building (left) are easily recognized symbols of New York City to the world. ... Pulp Fiction is a 1994 film directed by Quentin Tarantino and written by Tarantino and Roger Avary. ... In the United States is the 19th century, a dime novel was a low-priced novel that could be purchased for a dime. ...

History

Francis Scott Street and Francis Shubael Smith began their publishing partnership when they bought the exisiting New York Weekly Dispatch in 1855 or 1858. Francis Scott Street died in 1883.

Publishing

The company became a publisher of inexpensive novels and weekly magazines starting in the 1880's and continuing into the 1960's. Their headquarters was at 79 Seventh Avenue, New York City, and Condé Nast Publications later bought some of their product lines. The Empire State Building (right) and the Chrysler Building (left) are easily recognized symbols of New York City to the world. ... Condé Nast Publications Inc is a worldwide magazine publishing company, credited with creating the marketing strategy which emphasized magazines focused on a particular class or interest. ...

Authors

• Horatio Alger
• Theodore Dreiser
• Upton Sinclair
• Jack London
• Robert A. Heinlein Universe (1941)

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Illustrators

• Harvey Dunn
• Joseph Leyendecker
• Dean Cornwell
• Winfield Scott (artist)
• Tom Lovell
• Anton Otto Fisher
• Amos Sewell
• N.C. Wyeth

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Publications

Trip to Mars

Astounding Stories

E. E. Smith, Grey Lensman (part of the Lensman series) in Astounding, Oct 1939 This is a magazine cover. ... E. E. Smith, Grey Lensman (part of the Lensman series) in Astounding, Oct 1939 This is a magazine cover. ... Astounding Stories was a seminal science fiction magazine founded in 1930. ...

Adventure

• Air Trails
• Do and Dare Weekly
• Red Raven Library
• Sea Stories Magazine
• Tiptop Weekly

Detective and mystery

• Clues
• The Avenger
• Doc Savage
• Mystery Story Magazine
• Nick Carter Weekly
• Old Broadbrim Weekly
• The Shadow

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Romance

• Love Story Magazine
• Romance Range

Science fiction

• Astounding Stories

Astounding Stories was a seminal science fiction magazine founded in 1930. ...

Sports

• Street & Smith’s Sports Annual
• All-Sports Library
• Athlete

Westerns

• Buffalo Bill Stories
• True Western Stories
• Pete Rice Magazine
• Western Story Magazine
• Wild West Weekly

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Young adult fiction

• The Boys of the World
• Bowery Boy Weekly
• Live Girl Stories
• My Queen

Anthology series

• Tip Top Library
• New Medal Library

References

• The Writer; A Monthly Magazine for Literary Workers. January - December, 1919. An excellent description of Street & Smith rejection policy.

Archive

• Syracuse University archive

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External link

• Syracuse University Archive: Street & Smith