Childrens book- The Outdoor chums in the Big Woods by Captain Quincy Allen
This is a nice copy of the book, The Outdoor Chums In The Big Woods or also known as The first Tour of the Rod, Gun and Camera Club. This is the first in a series including The Outdoor Chums on the Gulf, The Outdoor Chums After Big Game and the book listed above.
Captain Quincy Allen is a pseudonym ( actually one of many) used by the Stratemeyer Syndicate, a publishing group started by Edward Stratemeyer in 1906. Stratemeyer assembled a group of authors who were paid a flat fee per book and who remained anonymous. A different pseudonym was chosen for each book series. The Stratemeyer Syndicate published several successful series for chldren, including The Rover Boys and that started in 1899. The Bobsey Twins, started in 1904. Tom Swift, started in 1920. The Hardy Boys, started in 1927 and lastly Nancy Drew started in 1930.
This is a hardcover book with no dust jacket. The spine and covers are straight and the pages are still tight. There are no marks in this book! If you look at the main picture for this book you will see on the bottom right hand corner , what appears to be a spot that was nibbled on but only on the corner of the pages for the first 1/3 of the book.
238 Pages, some illustrations, published by Grosset and Dunlap.
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