Bob Son of Battle
New York: A. L. Burt Company, cp 1898. Reprint Edition. A Very Good Hardcover.
Olive green cloth; black outlining with white titling and a paste-on illustration on the front [Owd Bob]. The bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate shelf handling wear. Spot on the lower textblock. Lovely gift inscription on the front free endpage. Tall 12mo; 7.75 inches tall; 356 pages followed by a publisher's catalogue.
Originally published by Doubleday, Page & Company in 1898.
Ollivant's first novel and has a reputation for being the "best dog book ever written"
Very Good / No Dust Jacket. Item #16079
The Grey Dog of Kenmuir, also titled Bob, Son of Battle for US editions, is a children's book by English author Alfred Ollivant. It was published in 1898 and became popular in the United Kingdom and the United States, though most of the dialogue in the book was written in the Cumbrian dialect.
Aboy’s coming-of-age story, a love story and a mystery of the Black Killer (of sheep). Ollivant is a master storyteller, and he plays a veritable fandango on the heartstrings when the identity of the killer is disclosed. Popular in its day, the work is now virtually unknown.
Price: $35.00
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