The Rockspur Eleven: A Story of Football
Philadelphia: David McKay, 1900. First edition thus. Hardcover. First hardcover edition, carrying only the original 1900 Street & Smith imprint on the copyright page. Dark salmon colored cloth spine lettered in gilt, front cover and spine and front cover lettered and decorated in orange, white and black. 300 pp. plus 8 pp. ads for other boys books. Frontispiece plate of football player being carried off on the shoulders of fans. A tight, near fine copy, some rubbing to the boy's orange sweater on the front cover, small spot to the fore edge of the text block. Gilbert Patten, under the pen name Burt L. Standish, wrote several boys pulp series, most notably the "Frank Merriwell" books. Near Fine. Item #E24323
Price: $25.00