Beadle's Dime Library
96 issues in the collection · 147 readable cover-to-cover. Public domain, digitally restored.
Beadle's Dime Library presents serialized adventures from 1877–1881: maritime combat and piracy tales by Colonel Prentiss Ingraham, frontier trappers and Texan border conflicts, detective mysteries in New York tenements, and Western prospectors. These weekly serials feature working-class heroes, spectacular violence, and plots spanning seas, plains, and cities.
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1877Handy Andy by Samuel Lover
This serialized Irish comedy novel follows Andy Rooney, a well-meaning but catastrophically inept young man whose clumsy meddling brings disaster wherever he goes.
1877This issue of the Beadle & Adams dime novel series features "Nick Whiffles, the Old Trapper of the Nor'west" by Dr.
1877"The Queen of the Isle," serialized adventure by Ned Buntline
This opening chapter of Buntline's serial romance centers on a birthday festival in Cuba.
1877By Ned Buntline (serialized, Chapter II)
This romance concerns Thayendanegea, an Indian youth of fifteen or sixteen, who demands his mother reveal his birth name and his father's identity.
1878"The Flash of Lightning" by Albert W.
1878The Spotter-Detective: The Girls of New York, a serialized story by Albert W.
1878This complete story by Joseph E.
1880This 1890 serial, Merle, the Mutineer: or, The Brand of the Red Anchor, by Colonel Prentiss Ingraham, is a maritime adventure romance set on the high seas.
1880This issue of the pulp weekly contains the opening installments of "Captain Kyd, the King of the Black Flag; or, The Witch of Death Castle" by Colonel Prentiss Ingraham.
1881This issue of Beadle's Half-Dime Library (Vol.
1881This 1881 issue of Beadle's Weekly features the serial "Captain Crimson, the Man of the Iron Face; or, The Nemesis of the Plains" by Major Dangerfield Burr.
1881This dime novel installment, authored by William R.
1881Beadle and Adams Weekly, Vol. XI, No.
1881This 1881 New York Weekly serialized adventure novel by Colonel Prentiss Ingraham, "Gold Spur, the Gentleman from Texas; or, The Child of the Regiment," chronicles the exploits of
1881The Border Rifles: A Tale of the Texan War
This serialized adventure by Gustave Aimard begins in October 1812 in the forests straddling the Texas-Mexico border.
1881This serialized adventure novel by Gustave Aimard, published in Beadle's Dime Library (September 14, 1881), chronicles events during the Texan War.
1881This serial installment, "Captain Ironnerve, the Counterfeiter Chief; or, The Gipsy Queen's Legacy," by Marmaduke Dey, concerns Lorna, a gipsy girl of sixteen, and her dying grandmother Vega.
1882This Beadle & Adams weekly dime novel (May 29, 1882) presents "The Death's Head Cuirassiers: A Legend of the Old Guard" by Captain Frederick Whittaker, author of multiple serials including Nemo, King of the Tramps and Red Rudiger.
1882The Skeleton Schooner; or, The Skimmer of the Sea
By Col.
1883The Maroon: A Tale of Voodoo and Obeah by Captain Mayne Reid, author of The Headless Horseman and The Scalp Hunters, appears in this 1795 installment.
1883This serialized adventure narrative by Captain Fred Whittaker appeared in Beadle & Adams' publication, Vol.
1883This May 2, 1883 issue of Champion Sam presents a serialized romance by Col.
1883Long-Haired Max; or, The Black League of the Coast by Captain Mark Wilton continues a California adventure series set in 1855.
1883This Beadle & Adams dime novel serial installment (May 30, 1888) features "A Cool Head; or, Orson Oxx in Peril," by Isaac Hawks, Ex-Detective.
1884This pulp serial by Major Sam S.
1884This issue of Beadle's Dime Novels (No.
1884This serial installment introduces Eldorado Eph, a gold-hating mountain tramp, and his companion Crooked Tom, a deformed dwarf, traversing California's gold country.
1884This serialized Western romance, "Hercules Goldspur, the Man of the Velvet Hand; or, The Poker Queen's Deep Game" by Captain Howard Holmes, is set in the mining town of You-Bet, Idaho.
1884Black-Hoss Ben; or, Tiger Dick's Lone Hand by Phillip S.
1884This installment of The Sea Owl; or, The Lady Captain of the Gulf by Colonel Prentiss Ingraham is a piracy romance serialized in Beadle & Adams' weekly publication (March 12, 1884).
1884This issue features "Lightning Bolt, the Canyon Terror; or, The Mountain Cat's Grudge" by Captain Mark Wilton, a Western adventure serial.
1884This issue features the serialized Western story "Pistol Johnny; or, One Man in a Thousand," by Joseph E.
1885This October 1885 issue of a Beadle & Adams dime novel contains the opening chapters of two serialized stories.
1885This issue features "The Dynamite League" by George Henry Morse, a thriller serialized across two chapters.
1885A wizened prospector with lightning rod raises his rifle beside a grave in this wood-engraved cover for "Old Forked-Lightning the Solitary; or Every Inch a Man" by Jos.
1885This issue of the New York Detective Library contains the opening chapters of a detective serial titled "The Cranston Murder." Detective Dick "Terrapin" Risden, a renowned investigator from Boston, is hired by Mr.
1885This serialized Western romance opens at Good Enough Ranch in Texas, where Orabel Hilliard—a tall, dark-eyed beauty dressed in riding habit with revolvers at her waist—converses wi
1885This serial by Colonel Prentiss Ingraham follows Mabrey Markham, a former English sailor turned American settler, traveling westward with his daughter Madge and household staff to establish a cattle ranch in Nebraska.
1885"The Rocky Mountain Masks: A Companion Story to 'Old Forked-Lightning'" by Jos.
1886This issue of Beadle's Weekly (August 25, 1886) features "The Imps of the Pan Handle" by Jos.
1886This is the first installment of "Old Hark's Fortress: A Tale of the Arizona Raid" by Maj.
1886A Fight for Fortune: A Story of Labor and Capital
Captain Fred Whittaker's serialized story introduces Larry Locke, a twelve-year-old vagrant traveling to Holesburg seeking mill work.
1886"The Red Jaguar's Mission," attributed to W.
1886The Fire Trailers, by George St.
1886This serialized adventure story by Colonel Prentiss Ingraham, titled "Afloat and Ashore," opens with a prologue featuring a skilled young huntress living on a rocky Atlantic coast.
1886This installment of "The Queen of Bowie Notch," by Captain Howard Holmes, features a mystery-adventure serial set in San Francisco and California gold camps.
1887This issue of the pulp weekly contains "The Rocky Racket at Rough Robin," serialized by Joseph E.
1887"The Actor Detective" by Albert W.
1887This serial by Captain Howard Holmes, subtitled "The Lost Angel Mine," opens in a well-furnished room in Deadwood, Dakota Territory.
1888This issue of the Beadle & Adams weekly contains the opening installment of "The Train of Six," a romance serial by Philip S.
1888The Dead Straight Trail: The Romance of a Colorado Camp by George C.
1888A detective grapples with intruders in this wood-engraved cover illustration for "The Thunderbolt Detective," a serialized mystery by Jackson Knox.
1888This issue of Beadle's (August 1, 1888) features "El Moro, the Corsair Commodore; or, The Lion of the Lagoon" by Col.
1889This issue presents "The Life Wreck: A Romance of Sea-Birds of Prey," a serialized adventure narrative by Colonel Prentiss Ingraham.
1889The Siren of the Baleful Eye: The Romance of a Strange Case by Jackson Knox (Old Hawk) appears in this April 24, 1889 Beadle & Adams dime novel.
1889"Four Horse Frank's Frolic at Bad Luck Bar" by William R.
1889"The Grand Coup at Paradise Gulch: A Romance of Silverland" by Lieutenant A.
1889This 1889 dime novel by George C.
1889This Beadle dime novel from June 26, 1889, features "Old Riddle's Greatest Riddle" by J.
1889High Old Times at Hard Pan by Wm.
1890This serialized novel by Jos. E.
1890This issue of the pulp serial magazine features "The Red Rovers of the Revolution: A Tale of Romance and Adventure on Land and Sea" by Col.
1890This Beadle & Adams periodical (No.
1890This installment features the opening chapters of a Western serial set during the Reconstruction era.
1890By William G. Patten
This western adventure serial follows three fortune-hunters searching for the legendary Lost Gold Placer in Wyoming's Big Horn Mountains.
1890This Beadle & Adams dime novel (dated May 14, 1890) features the serialized Western story "The Strange Pilgrimage of Gentle Jack," by Wm.
1891This issue presents "North-land Nick's Guardianship: A Story of the Jacob's Ladder," by W.
1891The Eruption at Eureka by Joseph E.
1891This 1891 Beadle and Adams dime novel, issue No.
1891The Evil Spirit of the Deep, by Colonel Prentiss Ingraham, is a serial adventure story set in early American naval history.
1891Billy Blair's Grand Exposition: A Romance of Chicago and the Depworth Millions by Leon Lewis appears in this December 1891 issue of Beadle and Adams's dime novel series.
1891This issue features "The Vultures' Swoop: A Story of Astonishing Adventures in the Buried City of Northern Arizona," by William G.
1891This 1901 pulp weekly from New York Detective Library presents "The Nabobs of Centipede," a western serial by Captain Howard Holmes.
1891This Western adventure serial by Lieutenant A.
1891Wonderful Revelation: A Romance of Splendid Shadow Work in New York High Life
This mystery novel by Jackson Knox (Old Hawk) opens with the discovery of a murder on Fifth Avenue.
1891This Beadle and Adams dime novel by Colonel Prentiss Ingraham presents a frontier adventure centered on Buffalo Bill.
1891Hailstorm's North Plains Braves: A Romance of Montana by William H.
1891By Albert W. Aiken
This Beadle and Adams dime novel centers on Jackson Blake, a gambling sharper from California who calls himself "the Fresh of Frisco." The story opens in Santa
1891This Western pulp serial opens with Barbara Howland, a desperate young woman on horseback, confronting three armed men led by the smooth-talking Samuel Slick, who claims to be a la
1891This issue features "The Lasso Rangers' League," a border romance by Colonel Prentiss Ingraham, author of Buffalo Bill adventure tales.
1891This issue of Beadle and Adams weekly (April 8, 1891) features "Uncle Bedrock's Queer Game at Ginger Flat" by William R.
1892This issue contains the opening chapters of "The Still Hunt of the Hills: The Story of the Robber of the Rio Grande," serialized by Col.
1892The Great Shadower's Baffling Case: A Story of False Clues and a Woman's Art by Harold Payne is a detective mystery serialized in this October 1892 issue of Beadle and Adams's weekly publication.
1892The Cohort of Five: The Romance of a Just Vengeance
By Albert W.
1892This serial adventure by Dr. Noel Dunbar concerns Duke Despard, called the Ruby King, a sophisticated professional gambler known for his jeweled appearance and mysterious reputation.
1892This October 1892 Beadle and Adams dime novel contains "Silk Lasso Sam, The Outlaw of the Overland" by Col.
1892The Sparkler Sharp, or The Spotter Sport's Unknown Foe by William G.
1892This Detective Burr story, serialized in Adle and Adams (November 16, 1892), concerns detective Thad Burr's assignment to locate Harvey C.
1892This serial by Colonel Prentiss Ingraham opens with a cavalry captain using a lariat to ambush and capture a disguised man—the outlaw Silk Lasso Sam, revealed beneath a false hump and white wig.
1892Mustang Madge: The Daughter of the Regiment
Beadle and Adams, No.
1892"Theron, of the Thumbless Ones" by Captain Howard Holmes is the featured serial in this November 30, 1892 issue.
1892This issue of Beadle and Adams' dime novel series presents "Dick Buckskin," a Western adventure story centered on the mining camp of Silveropolis.
1892This Western sporting tale concerns a horse-racing fraud in Denver.
1892This issue (No. 694, Vol. LIV) of a Beadle & Adams weekly contains the opening chapters of "The Clew of the Invisible Hand" by Captain Howard Holmes, a detective serial featuring Gideon Grip, the Secret Shadower.
1892This December 1892 Beadle and Adams dime novel installment features "The Masked Driver of Death's Canyon: The Romance of the Fatal Run on the Overland Trail" by Colonel Prentiss Ingraham.
1892This 1892 Beadle and Adams dime novel issue presents "Behind Masked Batteries" by Lieutenant A.
1892The Mystery of the Missing Herr, by William G.
1892This 1892 dime novel serial, "Against Terrible Odds: A Romance of the Wolves of New York," depicts a detective crime story set in New York's Bowery.
1893This August 1893 issue features "Captain Corden, the Twister Detective" by George C.
1893"Buffalo Bill's Band: Cody to the Rescue," authored by Leon Lewis, is a Western romance set in southwestern Colorado.
1893This Beadle and Adams dime novel (No.
1893This 1875 Beadle and Adams dime novel contains "The Silver Sport; or, The High Kicker of Salt River," a Western romance by Albert W.
1893This issue of Beadle and Adams' story weekly (No.
1893This 1893 dime novel by Captain Howard Holmes presents a Western mining-camp narrative titled "The Three King-pins of Crossbar." The plot centers on Mountain Morg, called "the Piut
1893Buffalo Bill's Brand: The Brimstone Brotherhood by Col.
1893This issue of Leather-Stocking Magazine (Vol.
1893This issue, No. 784 from November 11, 1893, contains "Thad Burr's Death Drop; or, The Clue of the S.S.S." by Harold Payne, a detective serial story.
1894This issue features the first installment of "Gentleman Dave, the Dead Game Sport; or, The Card Queen of Silver Seam" by William R.
1894This issue of Beadle & Adams's publication (1894) contains The Rival Monte Cristos, a serial by Col.
1894White Beaver's Still Hunt; or, The Miner Marauder's Death-Track
By Buffalo Bill (Col.
1894This issue contains "Buffalo Bill's Best Bower," a frontier adventure serial by Colonel Prentiss Ingraham, appearing in chapters.
1894By William H. Manning. This serial opens in New York where Cassius Rand, a sick, hungry wanderer, breaks into a back parlor to rest.
1894This issue of a New York pulp weekly (No.
1894This issue of Buffalo Bill's Sharp-Shooters contains "The Surgeon Scout to the Rescue: A Romance of the Fighting Braves and Buckskins" by Colonel Prentiss Ingraham, illustrated with Buffalo Bill observing through a field-glass from a tree.
1894By Jackson Knox. This serial detective mystery follows the household and business of Jonas Hardman, a South Street ship chandler in New York.
1894This dime novel, published in September 1894, features "Short-Card Charlie" (Charles Turner), a professional gambler also known as "the Sport from Denver." The serial, written by W.M.
1894This issue features "The Mystery of the Crewless Craft of Burling Slip," by Harold Payne, a detective serial.
1894This issue contains "The Brimstone Band's Plot-Dat" by Colonel Prentiss Ingraham, a serialized romantic melodrama of mystery and murder.
1894"Shadowing the London Detective: Harvey Hawk's Short-Stop" by Capt.
1895This serial tale opens on New York's Black Block, where the protagonist Rockingham Dix, a tall, slender missionary in black clothes, rescues a well-dressed young woman, Norma Rayne, from two drunken ruffians accosting her on the street.
1895This installment of the Beadle and Adams dime novel series, issue 166, presents "Spray Sprite, the Sea Witch," featuring the serialized story "Blackbeard's Buried Treasure" by Burke Brentford.
1895The Race-Course Detective by George C.
1895This installment of Beadle and Adams' dime novel features "The Masked Man in Black," by Col.
1895This serial by Harold Payne features detective Thaddeus Burr and his friend, retired physician Doctor Matthew Watson, investigating a suspicious death on Long Island near Flushing.
1895This July 1895 issue features "High Rollers of Silverton" by Lieutenant A.
1895The Gold-Button Sport of Sulphur Bar by Albert W.
1895Beadle and Adams, No. 88, 1895.
1896This issue features the opening of a serialized Western adventure by Jos.
1896Red Butterfly, or Buffalo Bill's League (1896), serialized by Colonel Prentiss Ingraham, follows a fugitive miner pursued across the Western plains by the outlaw gang the Red Buzzards, led by Kit Quantrel.
1896This Civil War adventure serial follows Captain Victor Fairfax commanding the Blue Blockader, a fast blockade-runner attempting to penetrate a Federal naval blockade guarding a Southern port.
1896This 1896 Beadle & Adams dime novel, "Genteel Joe: Three" by Capt.
1896This 1896 Beadle and Adams pulp magazine (No.
1896This 1896 Beadle & Adams weekly presents "Go-Won-Go, the Red-Skin Rider; Buffalo Bill and the Surgeon-Scout," serialized by Colonel Prentiss Ingraham.
1896"Doubly Disguised" by Dr. Wm. Mason Turner, serialized in Beadle and Adams' Dime Library (No.
1896Beadle and Adams Weekly, No. 118 (May 27, 1896) features the opening installment of "The Double-Edged Detective: A Story of the Claim-Jumpers at Paradise Park" by Jos.
1896This June 1896 issue features "The Montana Miner in New York; or, The Detective Tangle" by W.
1897This issue of Beadle & Adams Weekly (January 27, 1897) features "Dashing Charlie's Minute Men: Black Horse Bill's Iniquitous Plot," a frontier serial by Col.
1897This issue contains the opening installment of "Joe Phenix in Chicago, or The Serio-Comic Detective" by Albert W.
1897This issue of Goodness (Vol. LXXIV, February 10, 1897) features the serial "Secret Service Special from New York; or, Lightning Lew's Blind," by Ed.
1897This issue of Beadle and Adams' dime novel (No.
1897Round-About-Town Sport; or, The Lawyer Detective's Tangle
This serial detective story by J.
1897The Diamond Dagger: A Story of the Queen City of the Ohio is a crime narrative by the author of the "Joe Phenix Novels" and other dime-novel serials.
1897This issue of Beadle and Adams from March 17, 1897 (No.
1897A mounted figure in Western garb confronts two men on foot in this wood-engraved cover for Joseph E.
1897This 1897 dime novel issue from Beadle and Adams contains at least two serials by Col.
1897By Albert W. Aiken, this detective story centers on events at Peter Weekly's gambling club in Long Branch.
1897"Wind River Clark: The Gold Hermit" by Leon Lewis depicts a frontier scene where a weathered man gestures urgently toward a woman beside a saddled horse, with mountains and a cabin in the background.
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Beadle's Dime Library No. 1
Beadle's Dime Library No. 42
Beadle's Dime Library No. 51: Red Rob, The Boy Road-Agent
Beadle's Dime Library No. 52
Beadle's Dime Library, Vol. III, No. 29
Beadle's Dime Library, Vol. III, No. 33
Beadle's Dime Library No. 65
Beadle's Dime Library No. 79
Beadle's Dime Library No. 111
Beadle's Dime Library No. 87
Beadle's Dime Library No. 88
Beadle's Dime Library No. 92
Beadle's Dime Library No. 120: The Texan Spy
Beadle's Dime Library No. 157
Beadle's Dime Library No. 162
Beadle's Dime Library No. 199
Beadle's Dime Library No. 204
Beadle's Dime Library No. 211
Beadle's Dime Library, Vol. XIII, No. 167
Beadle's Dime Library No. 247
Beadle's Dime Library, Vol. XX, No. 251
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Beadle's Dime Library No. 388: The Giant Buccaneer
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Beadle's Dime Library No. 609: The Texas Tramp
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Beadle's Dime Library No. 705: Bantam Bob
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Beadle's Dime Library No. 725: Dick Talbot in No Man's Camp
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Beadle's Dime Library No. 748: Arizona Charlie the Crack Shot Detective
Beadle's Dime Library No. 755
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Beadle's Dime Library No. 794
Beadle's Dime Library No. 840: Major Bullion, Boss of the Tigers
Beadle's Dime Library No. 841
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Beadle's Dime Library No. 889: Sea Wraith Driftford
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