Tip Top Weekly, No. 487: "Dick Merriwell's Comrade, The Treasure of the Island"

New York: 1905. Paperback. August 12, 1905 issue of the weekly magazine "an ideal publication for the American youth" featuring the story by Burt L. Standish. This is a dime novel, a form of popular fiction that was a precursor of comic books and mass market paperbacks, which was popular in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The story is set in the South Pacific with the ship embarking from Manila. Tall 8vo, 33pp. Illustrated printed wrappers, with color illustration at front cover, ad for Tip Top on back cover. Spine repaired with staples and sticky tape. Some sticky tape on outer edges. Handwritten date "Aug. 12, 1905" in red ink at front cover. Good +. Item #16669

Price: $95.00