1837: Harper & Brothers debuts a first in packaging and distribution

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Imahe of the a cabinet with text that reads: This New England School Library was probably assembled in 1843, although most of the titles were printed the preceding year. The Library was shipped in its self-contained, 19x29-inch, pine-board cabinet, which was fitted with shelves, a lock and key, and a top piece which could be nailed to a schoolroom wall. When this cabinet and its contents were recently found in the attic of a Connecticut house, only four of the seventy-five half-leather gold-stamped volumes were missing.

The House of Harper: The Making of a Modern Publisher, by Eugene Exman

The New England School Library.

1837

Harper & Brothers debuts its New England School Library, a first in packaging and distribution. This collection of 75 volumes is shipped directly to schools in a 19″ x 29″ pine cabinet, ready for installation on any library wall.

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