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Phil the Fiddler
Illustrated cover of book with satchel over shoulder and boy at desk with pen and paper. In other words, rags to riches. Decorated spine with gilt gold spine title. Cover is variations of brown color and black. An exceptional copy.
Author: Horatio Alger Jr.
Illustrations: Laura Caxton
Dated: Circa 1885
Publisher: Porter & Coates
Size: 8vo
Binding: Decorated Brown Cloth
Type: Juvenile
Subject: Victorian - Street Children - Sociology
Notes & Literature: Horatio Alger Jr. January 13, 1832 – July 18, 1899) was a prolific 19th-century American author, best known for his many young-adult novels about impoverished boys and their rise from humble backgrounds to lives of middle-class security and comfort through hard work, determination, courage, and honesty. His writings were characterized by the "rags-to-riches" narrative, which had a formative effect on America during the Gilded Age.
Condition Report: Slight rubbing on cover oval background else a very good plus copy.
Phil the Fiddler
Illustrated cover of book with satchel over shoulder and boy at desk with pen and paper. In other words, rags to riches. Decorated spine with gilt gold spine title. Cover is variations of brown color and black. An exceptional copy.
Author: Horatio Alger Jr.
Illustrations: Laura Caxton
Dated: Circa 1885
Publisher: Porter & Coates
Size: 8vo
Binding: Decorated Brown Cloth
Type: Juvenile
Subject: Victorian - Street Children - Sociology
Notes & Literature: Horatio Alger Jr. January 13, 1832 – July 18, 1899) was a prolific 19th-century American author, best known for his many young-adult novels about impoverished boys and their rise from humble backgrounds to lives of middle-class security and comfort through hard work, determination, courage, and honesty. His writings were characterized by the "rags-to-riches" narrative, which had a formative effect on America during the Gilded Age.
Condition Report: Slight rubbing on cover oval background else a very good plus copy.
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