THE FORTUNATE ISLAND AND OTHER STORIES

Boston:Lee and Shepard Publishers. 1882. 1st edition. 333pp. Illustrated by A. B. Frost.  Hardcover.  Orange decorated boards soiled and shelfworn with wear along edges and spine ends. Page edges soiled. Internally, end-pages slightly age-toned with a previous owners bookplate to inside front board, otherwise pages age-toned but clean. The binding is tight with hinges intact.  *Max Adeler was a pseudonym of Charles Heber Clark, a popular novelist and humorist in his day. He had a long standing feud with Mark Twain, each accusing the other of plagiarism...wikipedia.  Wright 3:1051,