Brain and Brawn Series by William Drysdale
Published by W. A. Wilde & Company
1. The Young Reporter | Illustrated by Charles Copeland | 1895 |
2. The Fast Mail | Illustrated by Charles Copeland | 1896 |
3. The Beach Patrol | Illustrated by Charles Copeland | 1897 |
4. Young Supercargo | Illustrated by Charles Copeland | 1898 |
Cloth. Red/maroon. 8" x 6"
The first editions of titles #1-3 have the 25 Bromfield address on the
title page. Book #4 notes Boston and Chicago. The first edition also
only lists to itself in either the front or back ads. All four of the
first editions have the format shown below.
Later editions have a rectangular box own the cover with = a pictorial
book appropriate picture.
To determine whether book #4 (Young Supercargo) is a first edition,
there must be no 1899 titles listed in the back ads. Examples of 1899
titles are "Wheat and Huckleberries", "Cadet Standish of the St.
Louis" and "The Romance of Conquest".
Four books boxed for $6.00.
Later editions