Name/Title
The Backwoods Boy; Or, The Boyhood and Manhood of Abraham Lincoln / Horatio AlgerEntry/Object ID
2015.7.211Description
Bound for Beauty #27
307, [8] p., [1] leaf of plates, frontis : ill.
Book advertisements at rear.
Other titles in the same binding/color by Street & Smith in 1900, part of its Boys' Own Library Series.Collection
Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' BindingsBook Details
Author
Horatio Alger, JrPublisher
D. McKayPlace Published
City
PhiladelphiaState/Province
PennsylvaniaCountry
United StatesContinent
North AmericaDate Published
circa 1883Binding
Binding Type
Publisher's Binding- Poster StyleBinding Notes
Binding circa 1900. Green cloth binding with red, black, green and gilt decoration and lettering to front cover and spine. Cover depicts Lincoln as young boy holding riding crop, wearing riding boots, within a rectangle of gilt tree and river scene. Motif repeated on spine.Notes
Later reprint edition, no addition printings noted.
Originally published in 1883 under title: Abraham Lincoln, the backwoods boy.Relationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Abraham LincolnExhibition
Bound for Beauty: Highlights from the Roberts Collection
