Alexis the Runaway by Mrs. Rosa Abbott Parker 1867 Lee and Shepard Publishers The Pilgrim Series for Boys
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This is Alexis the Runaway; or, Afloat in the World by Mrs. Rosa Abbott Parker, a Rosa Abbott Stories hardcover in The Pilgrim Series for Boys from Lee and Shepard, Boston, entered according to Act of Congress in 1867.
The teal cloth has wear at the spine ends and corners and light spotting on the back board, while the gilt spine label and the engravings inside are clear, as the photos show.
Young Alexis is a runaway who has to make his own way, first among strangers and then afloat in the world. Chapter titles such as The Distinguished Foreigner, Prissy, and Old Acquaintances set the story moving.
Details
- Item: Hardcover book
- Title: Alexis the Runaway; or, Afloat in the World
- Author: Mrs. Rosa Abbott Parker
- Illustrator: Not confirmed from photos. The engraved frontispiece and plates are not credited in the photos
- Publisher: Lee and Shepard Publishers, Boston
- Publication Year: 1867 (entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1867)
- Edition and Printing: Not confirmed from photos
- Format and Binding: Hardcover, teal cloth stamped in red and black with an oval portrait of a boy, gilt spine label
- Dust Jacket: None
- Pages: 216
- Genre: Nineteenth century boys' adventure, The Pilgrim Series for Boys, Rosa Abbott Stories
- Language: English
- ISBN: None
- Dimensions: 7x5 inches. Depth not confirmed from photos
Condition Grade: Good
Positives
- Graded Good: Complete and usable, with clear signs of use, and every flaw is named in this listing.
- Engraved frontispiece, Alexis' Good Fortune, plus an engraved Rosa Abbott Stories title page.
- Gilt spine label reading Alexis the Runaway is still bright.
- Decorative red and black stamping on the front cover with the oval portrait in place.
- Engraved plates inside, and the text pages shown are easy to read.
Issues / Wear
- Wear on the cover, with rubbing at the spine ends and corners.
- Light spotting on the back board cloth.
- Writing in pencil on an inside page.
- A small brown spot on one text page.
- Pages and page edges are toned with age.
Please view the photos. Scroll in to judge the condition. This is the actual book you will be receiving.
This 1867 Lee and Shepard copy keeps its gilt spine label and engraved frontispiece, and it suits a shelf of nineteenth century boys' sea stories. If it's the right copy for you, it's ready to come home.
- Near Fine: Close to new. Any flaw is small and named above.
- Very Good: Light use. Every flaw is named above, and none of them get in the way of reading or display.
- Good: Complete and usable, with clear signs of use. Every flaw is named above.
- Fair: Heavy wear or damage, named above. A reading or working copy, not a display piece.
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