Otley, Yorkshire: William Walker and Sons. Good with no dust jacket. 1881. Reprint; First Printing. Hardcover. Missing DJ if issued, corners bumped and rubbed, remains of Sunday School attendance plate dated 31st January 1882 to inside front cover, gutter cracked at p32/33, some internal foxing and light staining. ; Undated but assumed c1880 given date on Sunday School plate. Green faux leather boards with black decoration and gilt lettering to front and faded gilt lettering to spine, grey endpapers. Good reading copy. ; 144 pages; Written in 1854, by the popular 19th-century American temperance writer T. S. Arthur, this is a collection of nine moralistic short stories. Comprising: Pierre, The Organ Boy; What was Gained? ; The Elder Sister; The Village Doctor; Think Twice; The Bishop and the Young Preacher; The Timely Aid; Neddie's Temptation; and Not Afraid to Die. .

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Bookseller: Books in Bulgaria (BG)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 20611
Title: Pierre, The Organ Boy And Other Tales
Author: Arthur, T. S
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good with no dust jacket
Edition: Reprint; First Printing
Publisher: William Walker and Sons
Place of Publication: Otley, Yorkshire
Date Published: 1881
Bookseller catalogs: Fireside Reads;

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Plate: Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
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