WHAT A BOY SAW IN THE ARMY by Young, Jesse Bowman - 1894

Hunt & Eaton, 1894. Book. Illus. by Frank Beard. Faulty. Hardcover. Thick Large Octavo. Rebound in blue cloth. Lower 3" of gutter cracked verso title page and just beginning to pull at page 291. A clean, otherwise solid copy, unmarked save for Silas Felton's blindstamp on ffep..

Hunt & Eaton, 1894. Hardcover. Good. .

Hunt & Eaton , 1894 . Hardcover. Acceptable. 0x0x0. First ed.; 898 p., clean and unmarked with but with former owner's elegantly written name and address on front end page and stamp of "Free Public Library, Lancaster, Penna." on lower margin of t.p. No other library marks or labels, no envelope."100 Original Drawings by Frank Beard." Front gutter cracked but volume square, text block firm and well attached. Some edge wear to red boards wtih bright gilt lettering in oval fleur-de-lis border on front board and tarnished but clear on sunned spine. Slight bumping of corners and few smudges.

Hunt & Eaton, 1894. hardcover. Good. . Spine,cover and edges shows wear and tanning. Edges shows minor foxing. Minor foxing throughout.

Hunt & eaton , 1894. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. wonderful tooled boards with gold tale at spine but spine title is viable 100 original drawings by Frank Beard gold page edges

New York: Hunt & Eaton, 1894. Decorative Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Frank Beard. Hardcover, no DJ, 399 pages, 100 line illus. by Frank Beard, all edges of text block bright gold gilt, 9 1/2 x 7"". Maroon board binding w/ extensive stamped designs & gold gilt lettering & oval title frame on front, gold lettering on spine. Binding Fair, esp. for age- light soil, some rubbing, edge wear, frays, corner bumps, spine title block (2"" x 2"") partly separated from spine. Front & back boards were separated, but at one time appear to have been professionally re- hinged w/ flexible hinge strips placed under existing & handsome peacock feather design endpapers- nicely done. All gilt on cover & spine is crisp & intact. Despite flaws noted, overall this copy displays quite well. Text itself is VG; only light toning- tight, clean, unmarked, w/ no cracks in text block.

Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

Cincinatti: The Jones Brothers Publishing Company. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1894. Hardcover. 6"x 9"; 398 pages .

Hunt & Eaton, 1894. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Frank Beard. Backstrip partially gone; title laid in; boards VG-, some rubbing at corners. Text and marbled endpapers very good. Scarce; merits bindery work.