Yellow cloth bound book with a decorative black embossed profile of author (William Adams, aka Oliver Optic), the lettering: "Young American Abroad", Egyptian looking plants and sunflower motif. The spine has the same decorative flowers and reads: "Shamrock And Thistle, Young American Abroad, *". Inside the book has illustrations and each page has red edging. The back is plain yellow cloth. The title page has the title and reads: "or, Young American in Ireland and Scotland, A Story of Travel And Adventure, By Oliver Optic, Boston, Lee and Shepard Publishers, New York, Lee, Shepard and Dillingham, copyright 1867." The last few pages are ads for other published books by, Oliver Optic.

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Shamrock And Thistle