James Otis 1st Ed 1881 Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus Hardcover

Description: Hardcover. 12mo. Harper & Brothers, Franklin Square, New York. 1881. 265 pgs. Illustrated with a frontispiece and 20 engraved plates. First Edition/First Printing. Bound in decorated cloth boards. Boards have shelf-wear present to the extremities (boards are rubbed and worn). Previous owner's name present to the front pastedown and the FFEP. Foxing Present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Toby Tyler; or, Ten Weeks with a Circus is a children's novel by "James Otis", the pen name of James Otis Kaler. Toby Tyler tells the story of a ten-year-old orphan who runs away from a foster home to join the traveling circus only to discover his new employer is a cruel taskmaster. The difference between the romance of the circus from the outside and the reality as seen from the inside is graphically depicted. Toby's friend, Mr. Stubbs the chimpanzee, reinforces the consequences of what happens when one follows one's natural instincts rather than one's intellect and conscience, a central theme of the novel. James Otis 1st Ed 1881 Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus Hardcover Click images to enlarge Description Up For Sale Today is Toby Tyler or, Ten Weeks with a Circus by James Otis Hardcover. 12mo. Harper & Brothers, Franklin Square, New York. 1881. 265 pgs. Illustrated with a frontispiece and 20 engraved plates. First Edition/First Printing. Bound in decorated cloth boards. Boards have shelf-wear present to the extremities (boards are rubbed and worn). Previous owner's name present to the front pastedown and the FFEP. Foxing Present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. FROM WIKIPEDIA: Toby Tyler; or, Ten Weeks with a Circus is a children's novel by "James Otis", the pen name of James Otis Kaler. Toby Tyler tells the story of a ten-year-old orphan who runs away from a foster home to join the traveling circus only to discover his new employer is a cruel taskmaster. The difference between the romance of the circus from the outside and the reality as seen from the inside is graphically depicted. Toby's friend, Mr. Stubbs the chimpanzee, reinforces the consequences of what happens when one follows one's natural instincts rather than one's intellect and conscience, a central theme of the novel. Toby Tyler was initially serialized in Harper's Young People in 1877, then published as a book in 1881. It became something of a classic among American boys and girls who dreamed of running away to join the circus and remained popular for generations. Disney honored it with a film version, Toby Tyler, starring Kevin Corcoran in 1960. It was James Otis Kaler's first book and also his best known and most successful. IMDb gave it 7 stars out of 10. Toby Tyler is a "bad boy" novel, meant to teach a lesson what happens to boys who do bad things; other examples include George W. Peck's Peck's Bad Boy (1883), Thomas Bailey Aldrich's The Story of a Bad Boy (1870), and Mark Twain's Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876). As with Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884), also about a conscience-stricken escaped and wandering orphan boy (written following the success of Toby Tyler), most readers don't remember Toby Tyler for its wholesome message, but as a romantic story of running away to the circus and adventures on the road. The book was influential with some famous "bad boys". A young Carl Sandburg thought Toby Tyler one of his favorite books (even better than Adventures of Huckleberry Finn). Harlan Ellison credits it as influencing his decision to run off with the circus. William S. Burroughs wrote of it in his journals. OUR MISSION STATEMENT: Our goal is to provide the best books for the lowest prices. 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