Optic Oliver Editor (13 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Edge and corner wear; lightly scuffed and scratched; some minor tears along the edges; spine is creased; some shelf wear; overall a very crisp and clean used copy! Black and white illustrated wrapper with black lettering. Deckle page edges. 35 (pages number 260-287) very clean unmarked and uncreased historical and magical pages nicely enhanced by black and white illustrations! Contents include: "Jack's Fire-Cracker Money by Louise Thrush Brooks; Katy Did and Didn't by Geo. S. Burleigh; The French Doll by Mrs. G. Hall; A Matinee at Home by Emma Frances Jerome; Little Players, Part IX The Soldiers by Margaret Johnson; How Rhoda Remembered by E. Addie Heath; What Happened at a Birthday Party by J. M. C. B.' A Little Fisher by Egbert L. Bangs; How Eddie Telephoned by Lizzie May Sherwood." --- and many more magical and adventure-filled stories and poems!

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Edge and corner wear; lightly scuffed and scratched; small piece missing from the lower corner of the rear of the wrapper; some minor tears along the edges; spine is creased; some shelf wear; overall a very crisp and clean used copy! Black and white illustrated wrapper with black lettering. Deckle page edges. 31 (pages number 133-159) very clean unmarked and uncreased historical and magical pages nicely enhanced by black and white illustrations! Contents include: "What the Clock Says by George Cooper; The Tea-Party by Etheldred B. Barry; The Sun Bird's Flycatcher by Mrs. G. Hall; Baby's Shoes by James Buckham; The Stolen Lunch by E. A. M.; The Two Charleys by Penn Shirley; Little Players, Part V - The Arabs by Margaret Johnson; What Became of Billy by Christine Stephens; A Soldier Girl by Louise Thrush Brooks." --- and many more magical and adventure-filled stories and poems!

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Edge and corner wear; lightly scuffed and scratched; some minor tears along the edges; spine is creased; some shelf wear; overall a very crisp and clean used copy! Black and white illustrated wrapper with black lettering. Deckle page edges. 39 (pages number 4-31) very clean unmarked and uncreased historical and magical pages nicely enhanced by black and white illustrations! Contents include: "At The World's Fair by E. S. T.; A Stray Moonbeam by Helen Sewall Briggs; 'Low Bridge' by Kham; A Mother Goose Party by Emma J. Gray; Our Chief Cook by Clara Doty Bates; Charlie by Emma Harriman; Hawaiian Lomi-Lomi Women by J. M. B.; The Two Chickens by Dred Warbeck." --- and many more magical and adventure-filled stories and poems!

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Edge and corner wear; lightly scuffed and scratched; small piece missing from the lower corner of the front and rear of the wrapper; some minor tears along the edges; spine is creased; some shelf wear; overall a very crisp and clean used copy! Black and white illustrated wrapper with black lettering. Deckle page edges. 35 (pages number 68-95) very clean unmarked and uncreased historical and magical pages nicely enhanced by black and white illustrations! Contents include: "Wonderland (Frontispiece); Jessie by H. McKay; Seventy Years Ago by Mary A. Sawyer; What Happened. Chapter X by Emily Huntington Miller; Mamma's Christmas Song by Harriette G. Pennell; An Unlucky Discovery by Ruth Braden; Snow Shoes by Mrs. G. Hall; Little Players, Part III - Shopping by Margaret Johnson; Harry's Christmas by Mrs. Annie D. Bell." --- and many more magical and adventure-filled stories and poems!

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Edge and corner wear; lightly scuffed and scratched; some minor tears along the edges; spine is creased; some shelf wear; overall a very crisp and clean used copy! Black and white illustrated wrapper with black lettering. Deckle page edges. 35 (pages number196-221) very clean unmarked and uncreased historical and magical pages nicely enhanced by black and white illustrations! Contents include: "Grandpa's Hat (Full-Page Illustration); A Long Nap by C. Emma Cheney; Springtime (Full-Page Illustration); If by George Cooper; A Bear That Captured a Thief by Louis Thrush Brooks; The Unexpected Meeting by Margaret Johnson; Dirk by Madeline Douglas; Susie's Queer Question by Anna M. Talcott; Little Players, Part VII - The Rescue by Margaret Johnson." --- and many more magical and adventure-filled stories and poems!

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Edge and corner wear; lightly scuffed and scratched; some minor tears along the edges; spine is creased; some shelf wear; overall a very crisp and clean used copy! Black and white illustrated wrapper with black lettering. Deckle page edges. 47 (pages number 36-63) very clean unmarked and uncreased historical and magical pages nicely enhanced by black and white illustrations! Contents include: "Jack's Thanksgiving Dinner by Louise Thrush Brooks; Pussies and Pussies by Mary A. Winston; In the Ante-Room by Egbert L. Bangs; At The World's Fair. Part II by E. S. Tucker; Six Horses, A Trotter by Lavinia S. Goodwin; The Dog Kindergarten by Geo. S. Burleigh; A Journey In India by Mrs. F. F. Smith; Miss Dorothea Bantam. I by Miss E. B. Barry; Nutting in a Garret by Aunt Sophie." --- and many more magical and adventure-filled stories and poems!

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Edge and corner wear; lightly scuffed and scratched; some minor tears along the edges; spine is creased; some shelf wear; overall a very crisp and clean used copy! Black and white illustrated wrapper with black lettering. Deckle page edges. 35 (pages number 101-128) very clean unmarked and uncreased historical and magical pages nicely enhanced by black and white illustrations! Contents include: "Modest Flowers by Mrs. G. Hall; Buying the Picture by Floy L. Wright; Grandpa's Party by O. H.; The Lament of Last Year's Baby by Lucy E. Kelsey; Our Baby Humming-Birds by Ada L. Snively; Little Peter by Mrs. G. Hall; Little Players, Part IV - The Menagerie by Margaret Johnson; The Little Messenger Boy by C. O. G. Nottingham; Three Young Singers That Met Another by Rev. Edward A. Rand." --- and many more magical and adventure-filled stories and poems!

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Edge and corner wear; lightly scuffed and scratched; some minor tears along the edges; spine is creased; some shelf wear; heavy stain along the spine of the front of the wrapper; overall a very crisp and clean used copy! Black and white illustrated wrapper with black lettering. Deckle page edges. 52 (pages number 356-383) very clean unmarked and uncreased historical and magical pages nicely enhanced by black and white illustrations! Contents include: "Some One's Little Daughter by Edward Oldham; Fire-Eating Tyco by Agnes G. Gray; My Little Boy Blue by D. W.; In Jamaica by Jack Warbeck; 'Come Out, Mistress Piggy' by J. B. McClure; Little Tim by A. Von Schrader; Little Players, Part XII Night by Margaret Johnson; The Dolls Go To Bed by C. Bell; Millie's Masquerade by D. W." --- and many more magical and adventure-filled stories and poems!

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Edge and corner wear; lightly scuffed and scratched; some minor tears along the edges; spine is creased; some shelf wear; overall a very crisp and clean used copy! Black and white illustrated wrapper with black lettering. Deckle page edges. 35 (pages number 228-255) very clean unmarked and uncreased historical and magical pages nicely enhanced by black and white illustrations! Contents include: "My Old Wife and I (Full-Page Illustration); What Our Little Ones Did by S. D. B. M.; Seeing the World by M. E. N. Hatheway; A Smart Bird by Mrs. G. Hall; Josie's Friend by Mrs. Mary T. Chase; Don't Count Your Chicks by S. P. McClure; Benny's Blunder by Susie M. Best; Little Players, Part VIII The Voyage by Margaret Johnson; Cynthia by Hattie Louise Jerome; Where Are They? by F. H. B." --- and many more magical and adventure-filled stories and poems!

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Edge and corner wear; lightly scuffed and scratched; some minor tears along the edges; spine is creased; some shelf wear; overall a very crisp and clean used copy! Black and white illustrated wrapper with black lettering. Deckle page edges. 35 (pages number 324-352) very clean unmarked and uncreased historical and magical pages nicely enhanced by black and white illustrations! Contents include: "Bonnet Land by D. M. Morrell; Bob White by Annie Graem McKenzie; Helping Mamma by Eva M. Crosby Kellogg; Little Players, Part XI, The Circus by Margaret Johnson; Teddie Blake's Squirrel by Sister Alice; A Knowing Parrot by Mrs. G. Hall; Beautiful Grasses by Mary A. McKee; ;Breaking Up; A Sitting Hen by Aunt Sophie." --- and many more magical and adventure-filled stories and poems!

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Edge and corner wear; lightly scuffed and scratched; some minor tears along the edges with a heavier one in the rear of the wrapper; spine is creased; some shelf wear; overall a very crisp and clean used copy! Black and white illustrated wrapper with black lettering. Deckle page edges. 35 (pages number 292-318) very clean unmarked and uncreased historical and magical pages nicely enhanced by black and white illustrations! Contents include: "Fire-Flies by Geo. S. Burleigh; A Noticing Car by Rev. Charles N. Sinnett; In The Rose by Clara Doty Bates; A Song of the Sea by Mary A. McKee; A Queer Pantry by Christine Stephens; Little Players, Part X The Pedler by Margaret Johnson; Helen's Ducking by Jennie White; Sea Lace and Sea Moss by Mrs. G. Hall." --- and many more magical and adventure-filled stories and poems!

1st publication (Jones 038). [33] - 63, [9] pp. Adverts last 8 pages. Rear cover advert for the Bellevue Stereoscope. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Illustrated with cuts. 8vo. 22cm x 15cm. The Optic story published in this monthly from January - June 1864, Jones states, "This title has not been located in book form." NB. Jones referring to a contemporaneous publication; the title published in the 21st century as one of Adams' "lost works". General wear & soiling to wrappers. Transparent, old japanese paper reinforcement along spine. PO name penciled to top of front wrapper. Very Good. Publisher's printed pictorial wrappers. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve.

Hardcover. First Bound Volumes Edition of Volumes Fifteen and Sixteen. Octavo. Original purple blindstamped cloth over board, gilt lettering and decoration on spine, yellow pastedowns and free end papers. Includes speech on Lincoln's death A Lunar View of the Rebellion by Oliver Optic and Out in the World; or Paul Clifford on a Cruise by Oliver Optic. Good, waterstain, primarily the last half of volume sixteen, rear cover warped and stains go to last 60 pages, spine faded and discolored, spot on front cover, owners stamp on front free end paper.