THE HOODLUM BAND, AND OTHER STORIES. London: Ward, Lock, and Co., Warwick House, Dorset Buildings, Salisbury Square, E.C., n.d. [1878]. 16.7x10.3 cm, pp. [1-7] 8-184 [185-196: ads] plus a leaf of ads inserted ahead of the penultimate leaf of ads, original pictorial wrappers. First printing of this collection. Collects fourteen stories: "The Man on the Beach," "The Saints of the Foothills," "'Jinny,'" "Roger Catron's Friend," "Who Was My Quiet Friend?," "A Ghost of the Sierras," "The Hoodlum Band (a Condensed Novel)," "The Man Whose Yoke Was Not Easy," "My Friend, the Tramp," "The Man from Solano," "The Office Seeker," "A Sleeping-car Experience," " Five O'clock in the Morning" and "With the Entrées." BAL 7472. Topp II, p. 188. Wrapper edges worn, small chip and tear in fore-edge of front wrapper, some paper loss and splits in spine panel. A rare Victorian paperback. Enclosed in an old quarter leather and marbled paper board slipcase with leather spine label. (#166901).
Price: $350.00
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