76. Spring Came On Forever. New York: D. Appleton-Century Co., 1935.
First Edition. Historical novel of the pioneer days. Very Good plus, some light cover stains, in Very Good plus dustjacket. Item #8208
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77. Peter Good for Nothing. New York: MacMillan Co., 1929.
First Edition. "A story of the Minnesota logging camps. A rousing story with plenty of action and suspense". Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket. Item #27081
78. A Sea Turn and Other Matters. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Co., 1902.
First Edition. Octavo, original illustrated gray cloth, illustrated and printed dustjacket. Collection of short stories including a nautical adventure yarn. Scarce in original dustjacket. This copy with clipped Aldrich signature laid in. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, some darkening at spine, top spine end chipped cm deep, few small chips at lower spine end. Item #14101
79. A Sea Turn and Other Matters. Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1902.
First Edition. duodecimo, original illustrated wrappers. Collection of short stories including a nautical adventure yarn. Scarce in original wraps. This copy inscribed and signed by the publisher, David Douglas, at front free endpaper. Very Good, creasing at spine, ends chipped. Item #17127
80. The Story of a Cat. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., (1920).
First Edition. L. Hopkins dustjacket art and silhouette illustrations throughout. Translated from the French of Emile de la Bedolliere. Charming children's story "of Mother Michael and her cat." Near Fine in Very Good Plus dustjacket, spine sunned with few shallow tears along edges. Item #24281
81. Simple Facts About Wines, Spirits, Ale and Stout. New York: Alex D. Shaw and Co., (1935).
Fifth Edition. Original tan wrappers, 64 pages, 7 1/2 by 4 inches. Near Fine. Item #40950
82. The Hidden Servants and Other Very Old Stories. Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1907.
Early Printing. "Francesca Alexander was for years an intimate friend of Ruskin; her work has received high praise in both England and America. These rhymed legends of Florence are lovely and have a deeply religious significance which will appeal to all spiritually minded people". Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, shallow chipping at edges. Item #22162
83. Villa Caprice. New York: A. L. Burt Company, (1932).
First Edition. Harold E. Snyder dustjacket art. Romance of a love triangle between two employers of an architecture firm and a girl already engaged to one of them. Very Good in a Very Good dustjacket but for shallow edge-chipping. Item #18835
84. Blackboard Bear. New York: The Dial Press, (1969).
Early Edition. 16vo. Charming story of a bear that comes to life from a chalk board drawing. Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket with minor blue marks to front panel and same color spots to rear panel. Item #15252
85. Black Pearls. New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1926.
First Edition. Politzer dustjacket art. Adventure novel of lost treasure. "From Limehouse, that notorious section of London's East End, to a remote archipelago of the South Seas, is in itself a perfect back drop for this drama of swift moving action, conflict, escape and pursuit". Very Good but rather cloth soiled copy, married to a nearly Fine bright and crisp example of the original publisher's dustjacket which has been stored separately from the book (very likely since publication). A spectacular jacket. Item #23502
86. Phil Hardy's Triumph. New York: Grosset and Dunlap. (1930).
First Edition. Mach Tey dustjacket art. The Bound to Win Stories for young adults. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket. Item #12099
87. Cervantes, as printed in, The Pictorial National Library, a Monthly Miscellany of the Useful and Entertaining in Science, Art and Literature, November 1849 Issue. Boston: William Simonds, 1849.
First Edition. Tall octavo, original printed and illustrated wrappers, no. 5, volume III, seperate issue for November 1849. Contains Horatio Alger's third published work, a biography of the author Cervantes. This essay follows a poem and another essay on chivalry both published earlier in the same year by this short lived magazine. Also prints an obituary for Edgar Allan Poe who died in 1849. Very scarce Alger item. Very Good plus issue. Item #16877
88. Cervantes, Chivalry and Voices of the Past as printed in, The Pictorial National Library, a Monthly Miscellany of the Useful and Entertaining in Science, Art and Literature. Boston: William Simonds. 1849.
Volumes 2 and 3 bound in one, January to December 1849. Contemporary 3/4 leather binding, marbled boards, gilt lettering at spine. Contains the three earliest contributions by Horatio Alger to a periodical, and his first published works. "Voices of the Past" (Poem), pp. 278 of Vol. II (June 1849); "Chivalry", a 2-page article p. 123 of Volume II, (March 1849) and "Cervantes", a page article p.241 (November, 1849). (See Gardner Bibliography). Also prints an obituary for Edgar Allan Poe who died in that year. Very scarce Alger item. Very Good volume, outer hinges cracked, front free end papers and title page shaken, text generally clean and free of staining. Item #12854
89. Digging For Gold. A Story of California, as printed in The Argosy [Magazine]. New York: Frank A. Munsey and Company. 1891.
First Edition. Complete run of 12 separate issues, #430 through #442, February 28 through May 23, 1891. Original printed and illustrated wrappers. Extremely scarce serialized printing and true first appearance of Alger's young adult adventure novel published in The Argosy. Later published in book form in 1892 by Porter and Coates. This collection with #429 included which includes a short prospectus for Digging For Gold. A Very Good plus collection with only general minor soiling to most issues, edges crisp and wrappers generally clean, #442 with fore-edge bumped causing tiny chip to page edges, #436 small abrasion at top front wrap, #435 with inch closed tear to fore-edge of first 5 leaves and front wrap, spine creased. Item #10331
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90. in, Our Young Folks, An Illustrated Magazine. Boston: Ticknor and Fields. 1866.
Bound volume Two of Our Young Folks, 1866-7, including Alger's short story, How Johnny bought a Sewing-Machine. Volume issued with some color plates. Contemporary cloth over boards. Original 3/4 leather and marbled boards. Very Good tight copy, spine leather with surface loss. Item #16921
91. Rare Collection of Short Stories as published in The Yankee Blade. Boston: Potter and Potter. 1890.
Folio, 4 sheets, original wraps. Six Issues of this newspaper sized magazine of cheap fiction. Includes first printings of six early and very uncommon stories by Horatio Alger including: The King and Abbott, April 6, 1889 issue, (Very Good issue, center fold of front page with darkening to fore-edge area with splitting at same portion of fold), The Prima Donna, November 30, 1889 issue (Very Good bright issue), Dock Thieves, or Thomas Harland's Adventure, May 3, 1890 issue (Very Good, partial splitting to horizontal fold of front page), Two Boy's Fortunes in March 30, 1889 issue (Good with some loss of paper at vertical fold of top page edges. The Lottery Ticket, September 1, 1888 issue, (Very Good, partial splitting along horizontal fold of pages). The Miser Outwitted, December 15, 1888 issue. (Very Good, partial splitting at horizontal fold of pages). All issues with two folds, fragile cheap paper mellowed from age. Item #10332
92. Sink or Swim, in, Ballou's Monthly Magazine. Boston: Office American Union. 1869.
First Edition. Bound volume, XXIX, January to December 1869. contemporary 3/4 black leather, marbled boards, gilt at spine, raised bands. Contains the complete Alger story, Luck and Pluck; or John Oakley's Inheritance, in 12 parts. Very Good plus tight volume, moderate edge wear. Item #17151
93. Tom Turner's Legacy as printed in The Argosy [Magazine]. New York: Frank A. Munsey and Company. 1890.
First Edition. Complete run of 14 separate issues, #391 through #405, May 31, 1890 Through September 6, 1890. Original printed and illustrated wrappers. Extremely scarce serialized printing and true first appearance of Alger's young adult adventure novel published in The Argosy. Not published in book form until 1902 by A. L. Burt Co. Issue 391 through 397 in original rust red wrappers with printed and illustrated ads, Issue 398 through 404 in original white wrappers with printed and illustrated ads. A sharp and attractive collection, with most issues in clean and crisp condition, with only mild soiling or discoloration, #391 with some edge chips, darkened wrappers, splitting at spine edge, #393 lacking wrappers, #397 few tiny edge chips. Item #10334
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94. Walter Sherwood's Probation, A Story of Euclid College, as printed in The Argosy [Magazine]. New York: Frank A. Munsey and Company. 1890.
First Edition. Complete run of 14 separate issues, #409 through #422, October 4, 1890 through January 3, 1891. Original printed and illustrated wrappers. Extremely scarce serialized printing and true first appearance of Alger's young adult adventure novel published in The Argosy. Not published book form until 1897 by Henry T. Coates and Co. A Very Good to Near Fine attractive collection, with most issues in clean and crisp condition, some soiling at edges, #417 front wrapper with considerable soiling, #415 lacking wrappers, #411 with top corner of front wrapper with tanning. Item #10335
95. Waiting For Joanna. London: Chatto and Windus, 1938.
First Edition. Hagadorn dustjacket art. Italy set romance novel. Uncommon. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket. Item #30738
96. Fantomas Captured. Philadelphia: David McKay Co., (1926).
First American Edition. H. Dixon dustjacket art. Translated by A.R. Allinson. Hubin listed mystery and part of the Fantomas Detective Series. Near Fine but for remnants of bookplate at front free endpaper, in Very Good dustjacket, darkening to spine and rear panel, shallow chipping at spine ends and flap corners. Item #20063
97. The Return of Blue Pete. New York: George H. Doran Co., (1922).
First Edition. Morgan Stinemetz dustjacket art. A royal mounted mystery set in the great Northwest wilderness. Several other of Allan's Blue Pete titles are listed in Hubin. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, few small chips and short closed tears, chipped at top spine end, quarter sized chip at top rear panel. Item #41492
98. The Return of Blue Pete. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart. (1922).
First Edition. Morgan Stinemetz dustjacket art. A royal mounted mystery set in the great Northwest wilderness. Several other of Allan's Blue Pete titles are listed in Hubin. Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket with a quarter sized chip at top rear spine edge. Item #7560
99. The Road To Carolina. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1932.
First Edition, Publisher's Dummy Copy, printing first 6 pages of text and a few additional blank pages, with proof dustjacket, linen backed by publisher. Frontis by Manning De V. Lee. Civil War set novel of the underground railroad. Uncommon title in an uncommon format. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket. Item #37389
100. King of the Wilderness. New York: G. Howard Watt, 1926.
First Edition. Oregon set adventure novel of a young woman's battle to hold her heritage and a coyote pack. Author was 'a Commissioner on the Oregon State Board of Horticulture'. Very scarce. Very Good, some surface erosion to cloth at upper rear cover, in nearly Very Good dustjacket, some shallow edge chipping, modest soiling, wear at spine edges. Item #37858
