For Our Boys 1879 HC Editor Ambrose P. Dietz

This auction is for a 6 1/4"x9" 424 page green cloth hardcover book with gilt lettering and design-no dustjacket, "For Our Boys", Edited by Ambrose P. Dietz, and published by A. L. Bancroft and Company in 1879.

"A collection of original literary offerings by popular writers at home and abroad. Published and sold for the benefit of "The Youth Directory" of San Francisco, a benevolent institution for friendless boys."

This book is in Fair to Poor Condition with cover marks, waterstain on back cover, and on corner of last 100 pages of book, some cover edge wear, some spotting on the inside covers, and some looseness on the front hinge.