LAWRENCE'S ADVENTURES AMONG THE ICE-CUTTERS, GLASS-MAKERS, COAL-MINERS, IRON-MEN, AND SHIP-BUILDERS. Boston: Fields, Osgood, & Co., 1871. 12mo, pp. [1-2] [i-v] vi 1-243 [244: blank], flyleaves at front and rear, inserted frontispiece, other illustrations in the text, original pictorial orange cloth, front and rear panels stamped in blind, spine panel stamped in gold, brown coated endpapers. First edition. 2040 copies printed. A young boy learns about contemporary nineteenth-century American industry and technology. An uncommon edition that preceded the more frequently seen Porter & Coates edition. BAL 20430. Spine panel a bit sunned, some foxing to frontispiece, tissue guard and title page, else a clean, tight, very good copy. (#103746).
Price: $75.00
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