Keeper's Travels in Search of His Master
by [KENDALL, Edward Augustus, attr.]; Lydia Bailey, printer
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: Johnson & Warner, 1808. First Thus. 24mo (14cm.); publisher's drab paper-covered boards, all edges speckled; vi,[7]-87pp.; woodcut frontispiece. Chipping with shallow loss along extremities, spine paper partly perished, front hinge rather weak but holding; overall Good to Very Good, internally clean and sound. A tale of a dog separated from his master, first published in 1798. This edition one of the earliest works printed by Lydia Bailey (1779-1869), who first began managing her late husband's printshop in the same year 1808. NIPPS ("Lydia Bailey: A Checklist") 7; SHAW & SHOEMAKER 15353; WELCH 723.4.
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- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 49620
- Title
- Keeper's Travels in Search of His Master
- Author
- [KENDALL, Edward Augustus, attr.]; Lydia Bailey, printer
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Thus
- Publisher
- Johnson & Warner
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1808
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- Women;
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