Fine Books & Manuscripts
Tue, Jun 26, 2018 08:30PM EDT
Lot 155
Twelve Juvenile Adventure Novels by Oliver Optic.
Estimate: $200 - $300
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Optic, Oliver (William Taylor Adams). Twelve Juvenile Adventure Novels by Oliver Optic. Boston: Lee & Shepard. Comprised of eight titles from the Young America Abroad Series, including Shamrock and Thistle (1867; very good), Red Cross (1867; very good), Palace and Cottage (1868; lacking FFEP frontispiece and titles), Down the Rhine (1869; very good), Up the Baltic (1871; front board detached); two titles from the Great Western Series, including Down South (1880), and Going West (1875); and two titles from the Woodville Stories, including Watch and Wait (1899) and Rich and Humble (1899). Publisher?s blind and gilt-stamped cloth-backed boards. Frontispieces, illustrated. 8vos and 12mos. Condition varies from fair to very good, with internal markings, edge wear and scattered foxing throughout.
