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The Little Street Sweeper; or Life Among the Poor, by Samuel B Halliday
by (STREET LIFE)
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- Hardcover
- Signed
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- Condition
- Very attractive copy
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The Little Street Sweeper; or Life Among the Poor, by Samuel B Halliday
New York: Phinney, Blakeman & Mason, 1861.
Frontispiece portrait.
8vo, 356pp; elaborate blind-tooled full leather covers, gilt spine with titled label.
First edition, PRESENTATION COPY inscribed on the front free endpaper "Genl Howard with warmest regards of the Author. New York, May 10 / 66". The recipient known as "the Christian General," Oliver Otis Howard, is a unique figure in Civil War history. His reputation as an efficient and personally courageous officer led to his eventually serving as superintendent of West Point and he founded Howard University in 1867. The author (1812-1897) was missionary to the American Female Guardian Society and Home for the Friendless. This work supplements his 1859 "Lost and Found, or Life Among the Poor" with 12 editions published into the twentieth century.
The Little Street Sweeper; or Life Among the Poor, by Samuel B Halliday
New York: Phinney, Blakeman & Mason, 1861.
Frontispiece portrait.
8vo, 356pp; elaborate blind-tooled full leather covers, gilt spine with titled label.
First edition, PRESENTATION COPY inscribed on the front free endpaper "Genl Howard with warmest regards of the Author. New York, May 10 / 66". The recipient known as "the Christian General," Oliver Otis Howard, is a unique figure in Civil War history. His reputation as an efficient and personally courageous officer led to his eventually serving as superintendent of West Point and he founded Howard University in 1867. The author (1812-1897) was missionary to the American Female Guardian Society and Home for the Friendless. This work supplements his 1859 "Lost and Found, or Life Among the Poor" with 12 editions published into the twentieth century.
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- Bookseller
- BATTLEDORE LTD
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- VBF06
- Title
- The Little Street Sweeper; or Life Among the Poor, by Samuel B Halliday
- Author
- (STREET LIFE)
- Illustrator
- Frontispiece portrait
- Format/Binding
- Elaborate blind-tooled full leather covers, gilt spine with titled label
- Book Condition
- Used - Very attractive copy
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Phinney, Blakeman & Mason,
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1861
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- social history, childhood, children, poor,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Communist, Socialist, Utopian;
- Size
- 8vo, 356pp;
- Vbf_category
- 10110
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About BATTLEDORE LTD
Founded in 1988, Battledore has been promoting children's books and related references/bibliographies through catalogues, by direct mail, online internet sales and special exhibitions, including the annual ABAA Antiquarian Rare Books Fair in New York City (Park Avenue Armory at 67th Street). Since 2002 we have maintained a "by appointment" store front gallery in Kingston NY that is fully operational. For scheduling a visit to discuss collection development, please email us at battledore@mail.com. The President of Battledore Ltd has represented Maurice Sendak as liaison for private collectors and institutions worldwide from 1970 thru 2003 and continues to maintain a fine inventory of his original artwork along with curated selections of original illustration art for children's books by other well-recognized artists and illustrators.
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