A Little Boy Lost

Overview:

  • Title: A Little Boy Lost
  • Author: W. H. Hudson
  • Year: 1920
  • Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
  • Price: $6.00
  • Pages: 187
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Type: Chapter Book
  • Title Reference: A Little Boy Lost
  • Notes:
    • New ed. (new illustrations) Large format: 29 cm (~11.5 in) Boxed --per publisher advertisements
    • Published for the 1920 Christmas gift season (Earliest hits found in newspapers: retailer advert Chi. Tribune 1920-12-11 and -12-18; brief review N-Y Tribune -12-12 p8 "Beautiful Gift Editions ...".)
    • Publication date (inferred) and price from those "earliest hits" and publisher adverts • NY Times 1920-12-19 pBR10 "Mr Knopf suggests that these books would be particularly appropriate for your Christmas giving" (between Borzoi logos) • N-Y Tribune -12-20 p9 "These Borzoi Books in Knopfian Bindings are pleasing the discriminating"
    • {{LCCN|38027798}} reports a 1939 edition/printing, 187 pp, 25 cm