Boy Scouts with the Cossacks, or, Poland Recaptured

Ralphson, G. Harvey

Published by M. A. Donohue & Company, Chicago, 1916

About this Item

Hardcover, sewn-bound in pictorial cloth, with black lettering on front cover and spine, is in G condition, having a slant to volume; wear (fraying and chipping) to top and bottom spine, with some staining to spine; corners bumped and worn; some staining, rubbing/scuffing to back cover; some rubbing to front cover; small torn area at hinge of first endpaper section; some shaking to volume; some light staining to interior pages, with pp. 203 to 206 having bottom corners folded; a well-read children's book; former owner has written some numbers in pencil in small area of last fixed endpaper; tasteful bookstore sticker at bottom of first fixed endpaper, which reads: "Emery, Bird, Thayer Co., Book Department, Kansas City, Mo." Book is illustrated with one plate (frontispiece) by unknown artist in b&w, with caption "The Cossacks Forged On in Pursuit of the Germans", and both endpapers have an illustration by Lawrence, showing boy scouts camping (might have been the same illustration for whole series); also there is an one-page advertisement for a bicycle on reverse of contents page which partly reads: "Ranger--This New Model, 30 Days Free Trial--Mead Cycle Company, Chicago, Illinois". The book is one of a series of "Boy Scouts" books published by Donohue, and author Ralphson may be a "house" name, the book being written by an anonymous writer. Adventure novel for children involving Cossacks fighting for Poland's freedom, aided by United States Boy Scouts. Fiction. Children's. American fiction. Early 20th century. DB.

Seller Inventory # 2163

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Boy Scouts with the Cossacks, or, Poland Recaptured
• Publisher: M. A. Donohue & Company, Chicago
• Publication Date: 1916
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Weight: 12 ounces