Alger, Horatio, Jr. Bertha's Christmas Vision: An Autumn Sheaf (Westgard Limited Edition)

Alger, Horatio, Jr. Bertha's Christmas Vision: An Autumn Sheaf (Westgard Limited Edition). Des Plaines, IL: Gilbert K. Westgard II, 1978. [6373] No. 165 of 200 copies, signed by the publisher. Fine black cloth with bright gilt titles, 248 clean pp., as new. No dust jacket, as issued.  As new. Hardcover. A fine modern reproduction of a book first published in the 1850's. "Bertha's Christmas Vision was Horatio Alger, Jr.'s first book, although he had been writing as a paid journalist for a local paper for a few years after graduating from Harvard. The book is a collection of short stories and verses that share holiday, family, and loving themes. It is easy to see Alger's future focus on the down-and-out taking shape even at this early stage in his career." - barnes and noble.