Item #009021 The Story of a Bad Boy. Thomas Bailey Aldrich.

The Story of a Bad Boy

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1877. Cloth. Good / No Jacket. Item #009021
ISBN: noisbn

Stated fifteenth thousand. Light blue illustrated cloth. 261 pp. With a few black and white illustrations throughout. A work for a juvenile audience, following the adventures of Tom Bailey, being a semi-autobiographical account of the author's childhood in New England, perhaps laying the groundwork for 'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer,' (see Wikipedia). GOOD condition. Heavy fading/browning to the covers along the extremities and spine. Minor soiling, foxing and staining to the cloth. Spine tips chipped and frayed. Ownership signature present. Front interior hinge cracked about halfway, with the text block cracked between pages 92-93. Minor toning and scattered soiling in the interior.

Price: $20.00

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