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Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1884. Reissue. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover in olive green cloth lettered and decorated in black, gilt and white. 290 pp. plus 4 pp. publisher's catalog of other American Boys Series books. Reissue, front cover ststes "Boat Club Series). a tight, very good copy a bit rubbed at the extremities.

Chicago, IL: Homewood Publishing Company. Very Good+. 0. Reprint. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The book covers have some light bumping and wear. The text pages are mostly clean and bright, though therer are a few pages with spots of foxing. There is a previous owner's bookplate on the front pastedown page. "Adams first began to write at the age of 28, and his first book, Hatchie, the Guardian Slave (1853) , was published under the pseudonym of Warren T. Ashton. It was only a modest success, but Adams was undaunted. In 1854 Adams produced his first real hit, the initial volume in the Boat Club series. Adams continued to write until he died in Dorchester, March 27, 1897. Among his best-known works were the two "Blue & Gray" series, which were set during the Civil War. Adams wrote well over 100 books in total, most of them for a boy audience, and the… Read More

N.Y.: Hurst & Company Book. Illus. by Frontispiece Portrait. Good Plus. Hardcover. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Original colour illustrated pastedown cover shows three boys dressed in deerskin in a canoe. Black spots on both covers. 232 pp..

Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1863. An early printing. With engraved frontispiece and pictorially decorated half-title. Small 8vo, publisher's original textured brown cloth, the boards finely blocked in blind with an ornate frame around a floral inspired centerpiece, the spine lettered and pictorially decorated in gilt. 263, [1 ads] pp. An unusually fresh and clean copy, the text entirely free of any foxing, toning, or stains, the hinges strong and tight, the text-block sturdy, the cloth with only very mild wear at the tips and a little dulling to the gilt. A rare find in such nice condition. A UNUSUALLY NICE COPY OF THIS POPULAR STORY, one of the many books for boys written by William Taylor Adams under the Oliver Optic pseudonym. Adams wrote well over 100 books under various other pseudonyms, and two under his real name, while also serving as a member of the Harris school board for the town of Dorchester, Massachusetts, and later for the Dwight, Boylston, and Bowditch schools in the city of… Read More