The Travels, Voyages, And Adventures Of Gilbert Go-Ahead In Foreign Parts de Peter Parley" , a.k.a. S.G. Goodrich (Editor) - 1856

New York, NY: Derby & Jackson, 1860. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket (as issued). 12mo 6.75 - 7.75'' tall. Hardcover. Book Condition: Good. Jacket Condition: No Jacket (as issued). Derby & Jackson, New York, NY 1860. 295 pages. Moderate general wear. Dark brown cloth, boards elaborately blindstamped, spine has elaborate gold decor. Cloth worn through at board tips, cloth loss at spine ends. Foxing spots near frontispiece. Size: 12mo 6.75 - 7.75'' tall. Fiction Antique:Adventure 6554 6554

Derby & Jackson, New York, NY. Good. 1856. Hardcover. 295 pp; 1856, possible first edition (1855 Copyright with no additional printings listed). Book has PO name on front pastedown, foxing throughout, minor damp stain on fly leaf, one of rear endpapers missing half, binding tight, elaborately embossed front cover, fabric at corners/spine bumped and frayed, 1/2 x 1/8 inch area of fabric missing on rear gutter, gilt faded on spine. .

Derby & Jackson. Good with no dust jacket. 1860. Hardcover. Some peeling of spine cloth at the top and bottom .

New York: J. C. Derby, 1856. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. viii, 9-295p. A very good copy, the spine is cocked, the spine ends and the forecorners of the covers are a little rubbed and a little worn, and there is light foxing, mostly near the front and the back. The gold pictorial spine is quite nice and bright.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Kessinger Publishing, LLC. paperback. New. 6x0x9. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing

London: James Blackwood, 1857. Hardcover. Good. Engraved plates (frontis + 2 further plates) by Lossing-Barritt + text engravings and decorated initials.. Octavo (163x102mm) dark green gilt leather (edges worn/head of spine chipped down to top of book block) All Edges Gilt, xi +[1] +247pp + vii index +16pp Catalogue of works for Christmas (1857) including this title on first page. *The preface explains that these "remarkable adventures in Foreign Parts" contain descriptions of countries etc. which "are strictly accurate, and may be safely trusted .. As he carries the reader into parts of the world little know, I think the book may be safely commended to young readers, as combining amusement with instruction" (Opie collection of children's literature 003:097).

Sheldon & Company, 1863. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo. Engravings. Original brown embossed cloth with gilt spine title, which is slightly faded. Double title page, the first with engraved decorations and frontispiece engraving. Other engraved illustrations from original designs. Pencil signature of Charles B. Phelps on endpaper; no other markings. A tight, clean copy, of the first notable juvenile series in America (see the bibliographical study Peter Parley to Penrod), and rare in any condition.