New York: George Munro, Publisher, 1887. Seaside Library Pocket Edition. 91, [1], 17, [15] p.; 19 cm. (7½ inches). Paperback with illustrated wrappers (covers) in black and orangish-brown, lithographed to resemble an alligator suitcase with a seaside view postcard tucked under the lower strap and a label bearing the series title tucked under the upper strap. The date on which this number of the series was mailed to subscribers is printed at the head of the front cover (October 28, 1887). The back cover bears advertisements for Sohmer pianos and The New York Fireside Companion. The two pages preceding the title page contain advertisements for corsets and Munro's elementary school books. The first page following the text contains advertisements for soaps and patent medicines. This is followed by 31 pages of publisher's advertisements, including that for the Seaside Library series (listed through no. 161), the Seaside Library Pocket Edition series (through no. 1039), Die Deutsche Library (through no. 189), and the The Old Sleuth Library (through no. 37). The final page contains an advertisement for Pears' shaving soap. Former owner's name "Schall" inscribed faintly at head of front cover, first page of text, and p. 65. John Strange Winter was the pen name of Henrietta E.V. Stannard (1856-1911), an English novelist. The majority of her many novels concern army life. Driver Dallas, one of her harder-to-find works, recounts the adventures of Jack Dallas, known as Driver Dallas, of the Royal Horse. <p> Harper & Bros. also published an edition of Driver Dallas in 1887; it is not known which of these editions was the first American edition. As no British editions of this title have been located, it would appear that Driver Dallas was either published under a different title in Great Britain or not published there at all. Wrapper is separated from text block; otherwise in Good Condition: some loss of paper along spine; upper edge of front section slightly chipped; several tears of ½ cm. (¼ inch) or less from edges of wrapper; text block is solid; pages are clean and tight. A very scarce late 19th-century paperback.. Good.