PICTURES AND STORIES FOR THE YOUNG; OR PLEASING TALES, IN POETRY AND PROSE: Embellished with Numerous Engravings.
by (Babcock, S.)
- Used
- good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Cadyville, New York, United States
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About This Item
New Haven: Printed and published by S. Babcock, circa [1841]., [1841].. Good. - Sextodecimo (16mo), 5-3/4 inches high by 3-3/4 inches wide. Softcover, bound in yellow wraps illustrated with 11 vignettes framing the title on the front cover, including one depicting boys playing baseball (or possibly cricket). The covers are soiled with a few minor stains. The lower edge of the spine is split with a small tear extending into the front cover and a tiny chip along the rear cover. 24 pages, illustrated with a title page vignette, and 6 wood engravings on 3 pages. There is foxing throughout with a stain to the front edge of the title page. Good.
"Babcock's Moral, Instructive and Amusing Toy Books" series.
The American Antiquarian society has identified the text as "typographically identical to an issue dated 1841".
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- Bookseller
- Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 97448
- Title
- PICTURES AND STORIES FOR THE YOUNG; OR PLEASING TALES, IN POETRY AND PROSE: Embellished with Numerous Engravings.
- Author
- (Babcock, S.)
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- New Haven: Printed and published by S. Babcock, circa [1841].
- Date Published
- [1841].
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- CHILDREN'S BOOK; ILLUSTRATED; ILLUSTRATIONS; VIGNETTES; BASEBALL; CRICKET; PICTURES AND STORIES FOR THE YOUNG; OR PLEASING TALES, IN POETRY AND PROSE; WOOD ENGRAVINGS; 19TH CENTURY; NINETEENTH CENTURY; BABCOCK'S MORAL, INSTRUCTIVE AND AMUSING TOY
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's & Illustrated;
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Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
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About the Seller
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Biblio member since 2003
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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- Title Page
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- Soiled
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Vignette
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