Shifting For Himself,Or Gilbert Greyson's Fortunes

Clean hardcover book in scarce original dust jacket. Pale yellow cloth boards with color illustrated cover (clean, unworn image of newsboy with papers under his arm), black lettering and line border. Black lettering and boy's image on spine. No fraying to cloth, hint of faintest soiling to spine. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Pages and edges are clean with clean intact endpapers. All text pages clean and bright. 356 pages. Dust jacket has piece missing at upper spine, some edge wear at folds, shallow chipping at base of spine; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Title: Shifting For Himself,Or Gilbert Greyson's Fortunes Author Name: Alger, Horatio, Jr. Location Published: Philadelphia, John C. Winston: 1876 Binding: Hardcover Book Condition: Very Good Jacket Condition: Very Good Type: Book Categories: Antiquarian, Children's, Fiction Seller ID: 034070 Keywords: antiquarian boy's fiction, first edition, horatio alger, jr., old dust jackets 19th century