The Boy Patriot or from Poverty to the Presidency

Undated (circa 1920s) 378pp, 6pp publisher's ads; numerous black and white illustrative plates. Blue illustrated cloth-covered boards; gilt titles on front and spine; bevelled edges, text block edges gilt; decorative endpapers. 8vo. Sun-faded spine, lightly rubbed spine ends. Hinges cracked; gutters stretched in places. Free endpapers and page margins tanning. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper. A couple of signatures detaching. Internally neat, clean and bright, barring occasional foxing. The story of the life of General Jackson - whose father died before he was born, and who grew up in abject poverty to become the 7th President of the United States. Frontis of Jackson and further illustrations by H.M. Eaton.