Dan the Newsboy
Alger, Horatio, Jr. Dan, the Newsboy: The Story of a Boy's Life in the Streets of New York. By Horatio Alger, Jr. … with illustrations by J. Watson Davis. New York: A.L. Burt Company, Publishers, [ca. 1905].
Alger, Horatio, Jr.Dan, the Newsboy: The Story of a Boy's Life in the Streets of New York. By Horatio Alger, Jr. … with illustrations by J. Watson Davis. New York: A.L. Burt Company, Publishers, [ca. 1907]. [not shown]
Davis, J. Watson. Illustration forDan, the Newsboy. Caption: "Our hero doubled him up with a blow from his fist." p. 30. 28.4 x 19 cm.
Shown is one of the " Ornamental Diamond Format" books, introduced in 1905, originally appearing as the Copyright Edition of the Alger Series for Boys, in Burt's catalogues. A second copy, not shown here, is in the " Three Circles Format" as described by Bradford S. Chase in his bibliography of A.L. Burt. This book, part of the Alger Series for Boys, originally sold for $1. Our copy in the "Three Circles Format" carries an inscription date of 1907, the year this format was introduced.
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