Published by W. P. Nimmo, Hay, & Mitchell
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Condition: Fair. No edition remarks. 108 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth with gilt lettering. Black and white illustrations throughout. Prize plate stuck to front endpaper. Pages are mildly tanned. Notable cracking to gutters. Moderate thumb-marking present. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Mild crushing to spine ends. Moderate warping to front board. Notable mottling to rear board. Book has forward lean.
Published by Robert Carter and Brothers, 580 Broadway, New York, 1877
Seller: The Old Mill Bookshop, HACKETTSTOWN, NJ, U.S.A.
Frontispiece by R.S. Bross. 108 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. A young boy and his mother chose poverty to escape his gambling, drinking forger of a father. Sofie, a small girl was tricked and forced into the life of a thief. Mat and Sofie met and through various adventures were rescued from their low life by themselves and the help of a kind gentleman and their faith. Original green cloth, blocked in black, spine lettered and additionally decorated in gilt, some soiling and rubbing, some spotting and browning, mostly of endpapers. From the library of Louisa Nellie Grill, dated December 1881 Frontispiece by R.S. Bross. 108 pp. 1 vols. 12mo.