Hudson, W H — Hampshire Days

London, Longmans, 1903. First Edition. Hardcover. In a book box labelled "The Tabard Inn Library" This is book number 4238. It has Tabard Library label from the London-based Tabard Inn Library. This enterprise was founded in the USA in 1902 by Seymour Eaton. It was administered by the Booklovers Library, another Eaton enterprise. Eaton was a remarkable entrepreneur and promoter who was also an author, journalist, and educator. He was the author of the "Teddy Bear Books". The Tabard Inn Library was a membership library with stations in the form of revolving bookcases located in drug stores and other commercial establishments throughout the United States and later in the UK. In an initial advertisement for the library, Eaton indicated that 10,000 of these bookcases would be manufactured at a rate of 25 and then 50 a day. Very Good.