Cabin Boy, The

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Sale 330: Fine Children's & Illustrated Books; Fine Printing & the Book Arts (#330) 04/27/2006 1:00 PM PDT Closed
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Lot #18Cabin Boy, The

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Estimate: $150 - $250

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Sale 330: Fine Children's & Illustrated Books; Fine Printing & the Book Arts (#330) 04/27/2006 1:00 PM PDT Closed
Starts Ending 04/27/2006 1:00 PM PDT

Description

Title:

Cabin Boy, The

Author:

**

Place Published:

Boston

Publisher:

Bowles and Dearborn, Press of Isaac R. Butts & Co.

Date Published:

1828

Description:

24 pp. Engraved title-page vignette. 5¾x3½, pictorial wrappers. First Edition.

Rare early nineteenth-century juvenile; a kind of Horatio Alger story of a young lad whose native honesty is rewarded with cash. Rear wrapper with engraved view of the publisher's offices at 72 Dearborn St., Boston.

Condition:

Minor soiling to covers; spotting to title page; 1829 gift inscription to title page, very good.

Item#:

168427
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