Watch and Wait; or The Young Fugitives. A Story For Young People by Oliver Optic

Boston, Lee and Shepard, 1864., 1864. First edition. 8vo. Frontispiece and engraved title page. Original brown cloth stamped in gilt and blind; pale yellow endpapers (light wear). 276 pages. Very good. Signed and inscribed by William Taylor Adams on the front free endpaper: "Miss Elizabeth Howes, from William T. Adams." Adams (1822-97), highly successful American author (second only to Horatio Alger), who wrote boy's adventure tales under several pseudonyms, including "Oliver Optic"; one of the period's best-paid writers.. Signed by Author(s). F. Hardcover.