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A beautifully preserved example of nineteenth-century American decorative bookbinding—an 1888 First Edition of Horatio Alger'sBob Burton, in its original brown pictorial cloth with elaborate fruit-and-foliage decoration and a richly ornamented gilt spine.
Horatio Alger, Jr.Bob Burton; or, The Young Ranchman of the Missouri.Philadelphia: Porter & Coates, 1888.First Edition.330 pages, followed by two pages of publisher's advertisements. Original black endpapers. Intricate black-stamped botanical imagery, decorative borders, and brilliant gilt spine panels and richly ornamented spine.
The$3.75 Go Ahead Series advertisementat the rear supports identification as the original 1888 first edition, distinguishing it from later printings.
An attractive combination of Victorian decorative binding, American illustrated adventure literature, and Horatio Alger first-edition interest.
Condition:Very Good+. Tight, sound, and clean, with light exterior wear. Full details in the Condition Description box.
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