The Story of a Bad Boy.
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1923.
8vo, 279 pp. 8 color plates. Navy cloth with illustrated plate to upper board, gilt decoration and lettering to backstrip. A very good copy with light rubbing to the board corners.
§ Riverside Bookshelf series. First published in 1870, Aldrich's semi-autobiographical novel follows the mischievous adventures of Tom Bailey, a young boy growing up in a fictional New England town during the mid-1800s. The book was a pioneer in "bad boy" literature, which rejected the overly moralistic tone of its predecessors and attempted a more humorous and realistic portrayal of childhood. Mark Twain's Tom Sawyer followed. Item #126883
Price: $75.00