Item #10188 The Italian Boy; and Industrial Men of Note. Children's Book.

The Italian Boy; and Industrial Men of Note

London: Frederick Warne and Co. F. 122 pages + 2 pages of publisher's announcements at back; color illustrated frontispiece and several black and white illustrations in text; one of the Round the Globe Library Series; including The Italian boy -- Sir Humphrey Davy -- James Ferguson -- Captain Cook -- William Hutton -- Peter the Great -- Alexander Selkirk; no date but OCLC suggests 1870-1879, our owner inscription dates 1876; no author attributed; OCLC locates one copy only at 8/5/01, at Southern Illinois University; original publisher's red cloth binding, decorated in black, gilt spine titles & decoration; bookseller's ticket of Macneur Helensburgh and their stamp on the title page; previous owner inscription on endpaper; binding worn, contents shaken and loosened; good minus condition, candidate for recasing. Item #10188

Price: $35.00

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