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The Gift of Pretty Stories Containing the Happy Changes. Short Tales in Short Words
by HALE, Mrs. S. J. (editor) [Sarah Josepha Buell ]
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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Seattle, Washington, United States
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About This Item
New York: Edward Dunigan & Brother, 1849. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair. 12mo. Pp. 59. Engraved frontis. by Elton. Engraved title page. Bound in brown blindstamped cloth. Foxing and dampstaining throughout. One-inch cloth missing at head of spine, corners worn, binding rubbed. Former name in pencil on front free endpaper. Albeit a defective copy, a rare juvenile with no copies online as of this posting. LCOC locates only two copies, at the University of Virginia and the New-York Historical Society Library. Contains a handful of short moral stories: The Happy Changes. Pride, and its Consequences. Passion, and its Consequences; as Exhibited in the History of Paul Pepper. Idleness, and its Consequences; as Exhibited in the History of David Drone. Charles Candid; or, The Boy who always Spoke Truth. The Lame Boy. The Cross Boy. The Stray Child. Now protected in a clear, removable archival sleeve.
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- Bookseller
- Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3611
- Title
- The Gift of Pretty Stories Containing the Happy Changes. Short Tales in Short Words
- Author
- HALE, Mrs. S. J. (editor) [Sarah Josepha Buell ]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Edward Dunigan & Brother
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1849
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Seattle, Washington
About Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
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