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STORIES ABOUT HENRY AND FRANK.
by (Young Folks Library). (Sherwood, Mrs Mary Martha [1775-1851]; Edgeworth, Maria [1768-1849])
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good
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Cadyville, New York, United States
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About This Item
Troy, NY: Merriam & Moore, [1851]., [1851].. Very good. - Sextodecimo (16mo), 5-5/8 inches high by 4-1/2 inches wide. Red cloth titled with floral decorations in gilt on the spine and with decorations in blind on the covers. The covers are rubbed and slightly soiled with wear to the corners and head & tail of the spine. [60] pages in all paginated as follows: pages [1]-12, 15-24 (pages 13-14 are missing but appear never to have been bound in), [3]-24, [3]-12, and [1-6]. Illustrated with a title vignette and 26 textual wood engravings, one of which is signed "A" (Alexander Anderson), another signed "GLB" (George Loring Brown). There is faint minor dampstaining to the top edge of the title page and some occasional light foxing throughout. An early Troy, New York owner's name is faintly penciled on the rear pastedown. Very good. <p>Although no date is listed, the firm published under the name of Merriam & Moore in 1851 only.<p>The stories consist of "Master Henry's Arrival", "The Great Alarm", "The Evil Temper", "Master Henry's Lesson", "The Visitors", "Hay-Making", "Frank and the Kite", "The Kite" a poem, "Susan Morton", "Application and Idleness", and "The Dentist".<p>Two of the stories are adapted from Mrs. Sherwood's "History of Henry Milner" and another from Maria Edgeworth's "Frank".<p>RARE in the cloth binding.
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- Bookseller
- Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 97422
- Title
- STORIES ABOUT HENRY AND FRANK.
- Author
- (Young Folks Library). (Sherwood, Mrs Mary Martha [1775-1851]; Edgeworth, Maria [1768-1849])
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Troy, NY: Merriam & Moore, [1851].
- Date Published
- [1851].
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- CHILDREN'S BOOK; ILLUSTRATED; ILLUSTRATIONS; STORIES ABOUT FRANK AND HENRY; SHERWOOD JUVENILES; MERRIAM & MOORE; MARIA EDGEWORTH; MRS. SHERWOOD; WOOD ENGRAVINGS; ALEXANDER ANDERSON; GEORGE LORING BROWN; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY; CLOTH BIND
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- Children's & Illustrated;
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Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
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Cadyville, New York
About Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (incorporated 1989) is a general antiquarian book store which buys and sells collections and individual items of significance. Booksellers Ric Zank and Daniel Meunier each bring to the business over 18 years of experience in seeking out and offering for sale unusual, uncommon and rare books, autographs, and ephemera in all fields. Our office is open 7 days a week from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and frequently later. An answering machine will take your message after hours and when we are out of the office.
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