Published by Hodder & Stoughton / George H. Doran Company, NY, 1913
Seller: William Ross, Jr., Annapolis, MD, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Edition Not Indicated. Pictorial tan cloth binding with gilt stampings and color paper pastedown on front cover and spine. Good/Very Good book with general wear, binding slightly dirty, tight copy, spine pastedown is beginning to flake off along the edges. Attractive copy with hardly any loss of paint from the cover illustration. No dust jacket, NO previous owner markings or inscriptions, NOT an Ex-Lib. All our books are bubble wrapped and shipped in a sturdy box with Delivery Confirmation.
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: No. New York: Hodder & Stoughton, 1915. Published 1915. Worn but still attractive book of twenty-two stories of cowboy adventure, military history (including Waterloo), and boating (with motor and sail). A chapter at the end describes Tricks that Boys Can Do. Includes seven of eight original tipped on full page color plates (by artists Cyrus Cuneo, Stanley L. Wood, and other noteables), with numerous additional detailed black and white illustrations. Scarlet red cloth with mounted color cover illustration of a sailboat at sea, overlapped by larger color cover illustration of a gentleman sailor dressed in his blues and whites, black tinted edges, 208 pages.The book is in fair condition with front joint cracked about an inch near bottom and another inch atop spine, lightly rubbed and frayed spine ends and corners, sound text block, hinges internally cracked, rear free endpaper removed, and gift inscription atop left corner of front pastedown, otherwise clean pages with no other markings. . Hard Cover. Fair/No. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.