“ In a Brazilian Forest: And Three Brave Boys”, By Maurice Francis Egan. Copyright 1898 by H. L. Kilner & Co. First Edition. Published 1898 By H. L. Kilner & Co., Publishers, Philadelphia  , Antiquarian, First Edition and extremely rare and hard to find. Hardcover with green cloth-over boards with white lettering and colored illustration on front cover and spine. No Dust Jacket.  219 pages.  Measures: 7 1/4 x 5 x 7/8 inches.

Bio: Maurice Francis Egan (May 24, 1852 – January 15, 1924) was an American writer and diplomat. He was a prolific writer and had a long and successful career as a Catholic journalist, literary critic, and novelist. He was a professor of English at two universities, and served as United States Minister in Copenhagen.

Excerpt from In a Brazilian Forest: And Three Brave Boys: Tom Desmond was a boy of fifteen, tall for his age, with a strong, well knit frame, a shock of curly red hair, frank blue eyes and an honest, though somewhat freckled face. His clothes were neat, but the patches in various places showed that if poverty was in his home, there were also careful and loving hands. With an unusually melancholy expression on his face, Tom leaned idly on his spade and looked sadly toward the road leading along the river's bank. He had great cause for sadness. In that small hut farther up the lane dwelt his father, mother, sister and brothers, and they were very poor - almost in want of bread - and yet Tom could not help them. The harvest was a failure; there was no work for him; times were hard.

I feel this is a nice Very Rare, Hard to Find, First Edition Classic Novel. It would make a nice addition for any Maurice Francis Egan Fan or Collector. Please view all photos as they are part of the condition description, and carefully read the description. I try to show and describe the highlights and flaws to the best of my ability. I believe these to be important to both the collector and the casual reader alike.

A Side Note: In my due diligence search for this first edition book here are my search results: Google search: No Results, Addall.com search: No Results, Worth Point search: No Results, World Catalog search: Several in a handful of Libraries. Conclusion: I believe this book to be truly very rare!

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