The Good Time Primer
by F. Grace Seymour
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good +
- Seller
-
Pleasanton, California, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Educational Publishing Co., 1898. Hardcover, 5 1/2 x 7". 147 pp. Red cloth spine wrap with pictorial paste-down cover, some edge wear and corner bumping, some loss of paste-down on the back cover, stains to paste-down endpapers, previous owner's gift inscription to ffep, color and b/w illustrations throughout, good + condition. Currently, no other copies in the trade. American Primers, 534.A lovely children's primer with repetitive phrases for teaching and nature lessons designed to "stimulate the powers of observation." The legend of Hiawatha is included to appeal to pupils and encourage them to express their ideas. The author has also included character-building stories intended to "teach perserverance, obedience, truthfulness, and love."
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Book Lair, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BL-001008
- Title
- The Good Time Primer
- Author
- F. Grace Seymour
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Educational Publishing Co.
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1898
Terms of Sale
The Book Lair, ABAA
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives mis-described or damaged.
About the Seller
The Book Lair, ABAA
Biblio member since 2015
Pleasanton, California
About The Book Lair, ABAA
The Book Lair deals in rare and/or interesting items in many fields with a focus on Miniature Books and Modern Firsts. We are especially interested in unique cookbooks, children's books, Californiana, Edward Gorey, John Steinbeck, Stephen King, and Ian Fleming/James Bond Books.
We also buy and sell ephemera, photography, manuscript material, diaries and letter archives, and business archives in any field. If it tells a strong story, we're interested.
We also buy and sell ephemera, photography, manuscript material, diaries and letter archives, and business archives in any field. If it tells a strong story, we're interested.
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- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- 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....