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Published by David McKay, Publisher / Street & Smith., Philadelphia., 1903
Seller: Hedgehog's Whimsey BOOKS etc., Newport, NH, U.S.A.
Hard cover. Copyright Street & Smith. 251 p. Tan cloth over boards, cavalry-era soldier on front in blue, gold, black against orange top square. Blue titles. Stitched binding. 8 publisher pages: "Boys' Own Library" by author. Grayscale frontispiece artwork, no credit found. RARE: Youth series, this being one of 5 listed at back by this author, others: A Cadet's Honor; On Guard; The West Point Treasure; The West Point Rivals. Fair. No dust jacket. Signed by previous owner. Light penciled name (a girl! ) inside. Back cover light bleaching, irregular. Spine fade. Minor edge wear. Binding weakening between 2nd & 3rd end papers, also at back vi-vii; gauze visible. Random. 1 0.0.
Published by Street & Smith, New York, 1903
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Association Member: IOBA
Book First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Fair. Illustrated Cover (illustrator). First Edition. 285 Pp. Illustrated Wrappers With Five Cadets Discovering A Treasure Chest By Lamplight. Early Or First Printing, This Title #222, List At Front Shows Titles Through #224. There Is Also A Hardcover Issue, Date Of Publication Unknown, Also Copyright 1903. Covers Worn With Chips At Edges, Spine Covered With Clear Tape, Chipping At Edges Of Spine, No Names Or Marks. Worldcat Shows Only One Institutional Holding Of This Street & Smith Title, And That Is Only On Microfilm. All Of The Pseudonymous Upton Sinclair Children's Books Published By Street And Smith Are Scarce Because Of Their Fragility, This One, The Fifth And Last, Particularly So.