Author: ALGER, JR. , HORATIO
Title: Shifting for Himself Or, Gilbert Grayson's Fortunes
Description: Philadelphia, PA: Porter & Coates, 1876. Early Reprint. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; C1890's. This is an early printing, but NOT a 1st edition. This copy has red, gilt and black lettering to the front cover and spine of the book, along with decorations and a rampaging lion on the front cover. The book is in Very Good condition and is lacking the dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping, rubbing and a bit of light foxing. There is a slight slant to the spine of the book. The rear cover has a strip of biopredation (bug nibblings to the sizing on the cloth) . The text pages are clean and bright. "Brave and Bold is a boys' book written by Horatio Alger, Jr. It was serialized (published in parts) beginning on August 5, 1872 in the New York Weekly. Also published in the same issue was Alger's poem "Friar Anselmo". Brave and Bold was then published in book form by A. K. Loring of Boston in 1873. The story was serialized in Reader, an English magazine, in 1872, and was one of Alger's few stories to be so published. Alger had lost some of his steam as the 1870s approached. He had made his literary name in exposing the horrors of life for street children in books such as Ragged Dick (1866). As the years passed, the government had taken on these horrors, studies were being conducted, and the plight of street children was being relieved. As a result, Alger was left without a literary subject. Boys' tastes were changing. They knew everything they needed to know about street boys from Alger's many novels about the poor. They wanted cowboys and Indians. Alger's publisher and his editor urged him ramp up the excitement in his books. Alger agreed, but let it be known that his moralizing would remain at its usual high level. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good .
Keywords: Young Adult Horatio Alger Jr. Brave And Bold Series The West
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Title: Shifting for Himself Or, Gilbert Grayson's Fortunes
Description: Philadelphia, PA: Porter & Coates, 1876. Early Reprint. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; C1890's. This is an early printing, but NOT a 1st edition. This copy has red, gilt and black lettering to the front cover and spine of the book, along with decorations and a rampaging lion on the front cover. The book is in Very Good condition and is lacking the dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping, rubbing and a bit of light foxing. There is a slight slant to the spine of the book. The rear cover has a strip of biopredation (bug nibblings to the sizing on the cloth) . The text pages are clean and bright. "Brave and Bold is a boys' book written by Horatio Alger, Jr. It was serialized (published in parts) beginning on August 5, 1872 in the New York Weekly. Also published in the same issue was Alger's poem "Friar Anselmo". Brave and Bold was then published in book form by A. K. Loring of Boston in 1873. The story was serialized in Reader, an English magazine, in 1872, and was one of Alger's few stories to be so published. Alger had lost some of his steam as the 1870s approached. He had made his literary name in exposing the horrors of life for street children in books such as Ragged Dick (1866). As the years passed, the government had taken on these horrors, studies were being conducted, and the plight of street children was being relieved. As a result, Alger was left without a literary subject. Boys' tastes were changing. They knew everything they needed to know about street boys from Alger's many novels about the poor. They wanted cowboys and Indians. Alger's publisher and his editor urged him ramp up the excitement in his books. Alger agreed, but let it be known that his moralizing would remain at its usual high level. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good .
Keywords: Young Adult Horatio Alger Jr. Brave And Bold Series The West
Price: US$ 65.00 Seller: S. Howlett-West Books
- Book number: 49205
- Book number: 49205
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