The Smugglers of Chestnut

Augusta, ME: E. E. Knowles & Co, 1891. First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine. No DJ, as Issued. First Printing. Hardcover. Presentation copy. Inscribed by author, "Hon. Selden Connor, With the sincere regards of The Author." Selden Connor was an officer in the 19th Maine Reg., wounded in The Wilderness and a Brevet Brigadier General. He was also Governor of Maine from 1876 to 1879. A handsome copy of this rather uncommon volume of classic juvenilia. Minor shelf/edge wear, author inscription on ffep, penciled bookseller notes (Francis O'Brien) on front pastedown, else tight, bright and unmarred. Brown cloth boards, gilt lettering, black ink pictorial elements, frontispiece. 8vo. 301pp. Illus. (b/w plates).