Otis, James (Kaler, James Otis)
Toby Tyler or, Ten Weeks with a Circus
Harper & Brothers, New York: 1881
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265 pgs + 6 pgs of ads. Light brown cloth pictorially stamped in red, black & gilt, light rubbing to front joint, decorated endpapers; mild spine lean, gift inscription in pencil, occasional marks internally but a clean and tidy copy overall. A classic of 19th Century juvenile literature, Toby Tyler is the quintessential story about running away with the circus. Toby soon discovers that circus life isn't all that it's cracked up to be, and longs to return to his home life, no matter how imperfect it may be. Illustrated with a frontis and 20 full-page plates by William Allen Rogers. Uncommon in such nice condition. Previously published serially in Young Folk's Magazine. Peter Parley to Penrod, page 59, Reading Children's Literature pg 264. Size: 12mo
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