Altemus' Young People's Library: The Story Of Exploration And Adventure In The Frozen Seas by Holmes, Prescott

Henry Altemus Company, Philadelphia, 1898. Hardcover. Used - Good. Philadelphia: Henry Altemus Company, Philadelphia, copyright 1898. 264 pages, publisher advertisements. Color frontispiece, illustrated. 6.75 x 5.25", pictorial cloth. Bit shaken, 2 owner names, else G.

Henry Altemus, 1898. Good hard cover, 1898 "Altemus Young People's Library" 80 illustrations. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Dust Jacket.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Henry Altemus Company, 1893. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. G+/VG-. Early children's book that sought to introduce young readers to "the Dark Continent" of Africa through recounting the adventurers of many travelers to the region, including James Bruce, Mungo Park, Stanley & Livingstone, Captain Richard Burton, the Lander brothers, & more. In 262 pages + 16 pages of ads for other children's books in this series in rear, lavishly illustrated throughout with 80 steel engravings & pen-and-ink sketches. A FIRST EDITION, First Printing, from 1893, this hardcover16mo (5" x 6.5") has tan cloth-covered boards pictorially stamped & lettered in orange & black to front & spine. Condition is Good+/VG-: generally quite clean with random spots & smudges, binding strong & straight but gutter cracked at title page. Pages creamy white with moderate, age-appropriate tanning, some foxing to front matter. Boards show… Read More

Henry Altemus Company, 1893. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. Copyright 1893 by Henry Altemus. No edition stated. Publication of 262 pages and 16 pages Altemus' New illustrated Young Peoples's Library. Frontispiece. The boards are a little shelf rubbed and minor marks. Light foxing on the early and last pages. Internally the pages are clean and complete. The binding is excellent. In good condition, considering the age of the book, 1893. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.