Horatio Alger or The American Hero Era

Mendota, IL: Wayside Press. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1964. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo; 505 pages; Price clipped dust jacket with light rubbing and wear. Small gift inscription on 2nd free endpaper. ; Signed by Author .

Mendota, Illinois:: The Wayside Press,, [1964].. First edition.. publisher's red cloth in dust jacket.. Near fine in a jacket with very slight edgewear.. 8vo,.

Mendota, IL: Wayside Press, (1964). 505 pp. b/w plates. History and bibliography. First edition. Very good condition in lightly worn dust jacket.

NY: Arco Publishing Co.. F. 1978. Revised Edition. Hardcover. Revised Edition. A fine copy in a very good dust jacket. The dust jack et is chipped at the spine tips and rubbed at the corners. Some small tears and creases to the panels' edges. Includes "Road to Success: The Bibliography of the Works of Horatio Alger". Signed by Gardner on… Read more about this item

Mendota, Illinois: The Wayside Press, 1964. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition.. Edition not stated. No indication of later printings. Inscribed by author to former owner on front end paper, signed. Boards clean and bright, light shelf wear only. Spine heel gently bumped. Binding firm. Unmarked. Text block lightly toned. DJ not clipped ($5.95) front and rear… Read more about this item

Mendota, Illinois: Wayside Press, 1964. Hardcover. Very Good+. Red cloth, stamped in gilt on upper board and spine; 8vo; pp. 505. Gilt somewhat oxidized; spine tips and corners lightly scuffed; otherwise fine. Tight, bright and clean.

Mendota, Illinois: The Wayside Press, 1964. AA6 - Very Good in Good Jacket. Jacket has 1 inch v shaped open tear at front top, other chips cracks along spine ends and sides. Book has bumped corners and spine ends. Here is the story of America's all-time best-selling author-an adventure as delightful and entertaining as his… Read more about this item

NY: Arco, 1978. First edition thus. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near fine. Remainder stamp WHS on bottom. Alger's life story, along with descriptive bibliography of his books.

Moendoza, IL: The Wayside Press, 1964. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Thick Octavo. 505 (3) pp. First Thus NAP. 26 titled chapters, additional sections, one comparing alger's heros to those of dickens, hans christian anderson, etc., another treating the collector of Alger's books. a third section - terms defined, bibliography. About 40 pp of b&w photos… Read more about this item

Mendota, Ill: Wayside Press. Very Good. [1964]. Hardcover. Very Good in Good dust jacket. Dust jacket a little worn and torn. ; 505 p. Illus. 23 cm. .

Mendota, Illinois: The Wayside Press. Very Good in Fair dust jacket. 1964. Hardcover. Damp stain on the bottom page edge of the DJ. The DJ has rubbing and edge wear with chipping and tears. .

Mendota: The Wayside Press, 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo. Plates. A superb, anecdotal and personal (Gardner was a great Alger collector) biography of Alger and history of the Alger juveniles, with superb color plates of rare Alger items and a descriptive bibliography.

Mendota, IL: The Wayside Press, ( 1964 ). First edition. Hardcover. Fine/very good. plates. 8vo, 505 pages, red cloth, some acidic clipping burn to title; dj nicked A biography with Descriptive Bibliography. Plates.

NY: Arco, 1978. Reprint. Biography/bibliography.. Hardcover. Near Fine.

1978. (ALGER, HORATIO). GARDNER, Ralph D. Horatio Alger, or, the American Hero Era. Original cloth, d/j. N.Y.: Arco Publishing Company, Inc., [1978]. A biography and revised bibliography, the latter first published in 1964. Very good.

WAYSIDE PRESS. Hardcover. USED Very Good. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. DJ SHOWS WEAR AT EDGES.

Mendota, IL: The Wayside Press, 1964. HC. good w/chipped dustjacket (hardcover). B&W illustrations. The story of America's all-time best-selling author by a noted Alger biographer. Bibliography of Alger's Works follows the text. 505pp.

Mattituck,NY: Amereon House, 1990. Brown cloth binding, 494pp. Illustrated. Photos on request.. Limted Edition, 1 of 300 Copies. Hardcover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Wayside Press, 1964. Hardcover. Used - Very Good. Wayside Press, Mendota, Illinois, copyright, 1964. 505 pages. Illustrated. 8.75 x 5.5", hardcover, dj. Minor dj edge wear, clean, tight, VG/VG.