HELPING HIMSELF or Grant Thornton's Ambition
by Alger, Horatio, Jr
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Collectible-Very Good/No Dust Jacket, as Issued
- Seller
-
Williamsburg, Virginia, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Philadelphia: Henry T. Coates & Co., 1886. 320 pages. Book binding is reddish-colored cloth over boards, with leaf decoration on cover. This is a First Edition, First State, without contents page and ads. Very scarce in nice condition. Lightly rubbed at edges of cover; spine cocked; small faint stain on rear. Each endpaper illustrates a separate scene (front pastedown endpaper has tiny bookseller's sticker). A few charming wood engravings accompany the text. Children's book with the moral that hard work will pay off in the end, at least for the boy Grant Thornton. Photo available upon serious inquiry.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Collectible-Very Good/No Dust Jacket, as Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Tennyson Williams, Books and Fine Art
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- H1231
- Title
- HELPING HIMSELF or Grant Thornton's Ambition
- Author
- Alger, Horatio, Jr
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Collectible-Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket, as Issued
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Henry T. Coates & Co.
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1886
- Keywords
- Children's
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's Books;
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
Terms of Sale
Tennyson Williams, Books and Fine Art
We hold books only for firm orders. Books may be returned within 7 days of receipt for refund of purchase price. We pay shipping costs only if we have made a significant error in description.
About the Seller
Tennyson Williams, Books and Fine Art
Biblio member since 2004
Williamsburg, Virginia
About Tennyson Williams, Books and Fine Art
Our office, located in historic Williamsburg, Virginia, is open by appointment or by chance. We are antiquarian booksellers who buy and sell carefully selected books for collectors and researchers in many genre. We also sell important autographs and photographs as well as original art, including wood engravings by Winslow Homer and J. J. Lankes; lithographs by Miró, Matisse, Calder, Wengenroth, and others; and works from the American Etching Revival. You can reach us by telephone: (757)378-5400; or by email: twbooks1@cox.net.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- First State
- used in book collecting to refer to a book from the earliest run of a first edition, generally distinguished by a change in some...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
Frequently asked questions
Collecting P. T. Barnum
P. T. Barnum was not only one of the founders of modern day circus performance, he was also the author of the second most printed book of the 19th century. Learn about collecting P. T. Barnum books and ephemera here.
Collecting Miniature Books
Teeny, tiny, beautiful books...the world of miniature books is one that involves a lot of imagination and craftsmanship. Dive in and see!
