(CHILDRENS LITERATURE.) Aldrich, Thomas Bailey. The Story of a Bad Boy.

(CHILDREN'S LITERATURE.) Aldrich, Thomas Bailey. The Story of a Bad Boy. First appearance in Our Young Folks. Bound 8vo volume containing 12 issues for the year 1869. 8vo, 1/4 gilt-stamped morocco, joints cracked, rubbed. Boston: Fields, Osgood, & Co., 1869

first appearance of Aldrich's most famous story. It was so popular that several thousand readers subscribed to the magazine to read the installments. Upon its publication in book form in 1870, it quickly ran through eleven printings, a notable record for a book of its kind at that time. BAL 269.