Ragged Dick; or Street Life in New York
de Horatio Alger, Jr
- Usado
- Bien
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Bien
- Librería
-
Ashby, Massachusetts, United States
Precio
EUR 467.10EUR 420.39
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Sobre este artículo
Boston: Loring, Publishers, 1868. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. a true 1st edition copy with two titles under the Ragged Dick Series with the second being ready in December and with Dick standing alone on half title page. Three titles under the Campaign Series, no writing on pages, bound in light maroon cloth, sun faded to light brown on spine, a 1" tear in cloth along left edge of spine, some light page staining, some staining on covers, book slightly cocked. front end paper creased, otherwise very Rare.
Sinopsis
Ragged Dick is a children's novel by Horatio Alger, Jr. about a poor bootblack and his rise to middle-class comfort and respectability through good moral behavior, clean living, and determination. Ragged Dick was serialized in 1867 and published as a novel in 1868. Horatio Alger, Jr. formed an association with the Newsboys' Lodging House, a home for impoverished children in New York City, after resigning from the ministry in 1864.
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Detalles
- Librería
- David R. Smith - Bookseller
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 000262
- Título
- Ragged Dick; or Street Life in New York
- Autor
- Horatio Alger, Jr
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Bien
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- 1st Edition
- Editorial
- Loring, Publishers
- Lugar de publicación
- Boston
- Fecha de publicación
- 1868
- Páginas
- 296
- Tamaño
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Palabras clave
- Ragged Dick
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Sobre el vendedor
David R. Smith - Bookseller
Miembro de Biblio desde 2024
Ashby, Massachusetts
Sobre David R. Smith - Bookseller
Located in 1780's barn off the common. A well kept stock of over 1,000 hand picked books. Including, History, Biography, Childrens, Travel, fiction and non fiction books. Have been in the bookselling business for over 20 years having done Book Shows and have given talks on Book Collecting. Business is online only.
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- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Cloth
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
