Published by James R. Osgood and Company, Boston, 1875
Seller: The BiblioFile, Rapid River, MI, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hard Cover. Condition: Good. First Edition Thus. 1875 at title page and copyright page. Compact 4 1/2" x 6" design. Maroon full cloth pictorial boards, black cover titles and design, gilt and black spine titles, moderate shelf wear, some edge wear. Back board features blind-stamped patterned borders and vignette. Pages good. Deep red text block edges at all sides. Intriguing antiquarian inscription at front blank endpaper: "Minne - from Will, 'City of Lockport,' May 28, 1875". Black endpapers. Decorative flourishes and vignettes throughout. Light fox to front and back few pages. Bind good; hinges reinforced. Classic volume of classics include: "The Gold Bug by Edgar Allan Poe; The Fairy-Finder by Samuel Lover; Murad the Unlucky by Maria Edgeworth; The Children of the Public by Edward Everett Hale; The Rival Dreamers by John Banim; and, The Threefold Destiny by Nathaniel Hawthorne." Electrotyped and Printed at the Unversity Press: Welch, Bigelow & Co., Cambridge. 215 pages. Insured post. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.