Jim Bludso Of the Prairie Belle, and Little Breeches

Boston: James R. Osgood, 1871. Wraps. Very good condition. Stereotypical caricature of an African American in the first work by Abraham Lincoln's private secretary, John Hay. This occurs in the first of 2 poems, in which "Jim Bludso" sacrifices his life in order to save the passengers of a Mississippi river steam boat. The Jim Bludso… Read more about this item

Boston: James R. Osgood & Co., 1871., 1871. First edition. First edition. 7" x 4 3/4" printed orange wrappers. 23 pages with 7 full-page illustrations by S. Eytinge, Jr. Two poems written in dialect and known as the Pike County Ballads. Pike county is in southwestern Illinois west of Springfield. Jim Bludso is poem that memorialized Jim Bludso's courage… Read more about this item

Boston: James R. Osgood & Co, 1871. First edition. Illustrated by S. Eytinge, Jr. [1] - 23 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Original orange wrappers, slightly soiled; otherwise fine. Bookplate of Henry C. Taylor. In a quarter brown morocco slipcase with chemise. First edition. Illustrated by S. Eytinge, Jr. [1] - 23 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Author's First Book.… Read more about this item

Boston: james R. Osgood & Co, 1871. 1st. 12mo. 23pp. Woodcut illustrations by S. Eytinge, Jr. Maroon leather with 5 raised bands & gilt lettering to spine; TEG; marbled endpapers; original yellow wrappers in fine condition, preserved. Slight spine fading, small decorative gilt-illustrated leather bookplate else fine. Author's first book. In "Jim Bludso of the Prairie Belle", Hay memorializes… Read more about this item

Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1871. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Good. 1st edition, 1871. A Good copy. 12mo, 23 pp., illustrated with b&w drawings. Bound in stiff printed pink paper wrap. Wraps soiled, with a tear along the spine, separating the front and rear panels. Still, Good.

Boston: James R. Osgood & Co. , 1871. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. 7" by 4.5". Solomon Eytinge Jr. . A smart first edition of these illustrated tales in verse by American statesman John Hay. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and seven full-page images. Collated complete. Two charming… Read more about this item

Boston: James R. Osgood and Co., 1871. First edition. . Wraps. Very Good/No Jacket. A very good copy in original wraps

HAY, John. Jim Bludso of the Prairie Belle, and Little Breeches. 12mo. Orig. printed wrappers. Boston: Osgood, 1871. First edition. BAL 7737. The author's first publication of substance. Hay later went on to become ambassador to England, Secretary of State and sponsor of the "Open Door" policy.

Boston: James R. Osgood, 1871. First edition. Paperback. Very Good Indeed. 7.5" by 5.5". S. Eyting, Jr. An excellent example of the first edition of John Hay's popular poems, written in the Pike County dialect, and illustrated by S. Eyting, Jr. The first edition of this work, bound in the original wraps, and housed in a cloth chemise,… Read more about this item

Paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items.