DIAZ, Abby Morton - The William Henry Letters

Boston, Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co, 1930. Hardcover. Introduction by Anne Carroll Moore. 8vo. Tan cloth with black lettering and extensive pictorial stamping. 366pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Very good. Faint binding wear. Tight and bright later printing of this 1870 bestseller by the noted children's author and Brook Farm teacher (1821-1904). Front board image by J.S. Kirshen depicts a red-haired and red bow-tied Huck Finn-type boy, hands in pockets, standing awkwardly in front of a wooden fence, with caption reading, "This is one of the three books declared by THEODORE ROOSEVELT to be the favorite stories of his boyhood, 'because,' he said, 'they were first-class, good, healthy stories, interesting in the first place, and in the next place teaching manliness, decency, and good conduct.'" Charming. .