Peter Parley's Method of Telling about Geography to Children
by [Goodrich, Samuel Griswold] PARLEY, Peter (pseudonym)
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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About This Item
Uncommon New York-printed children's text book with a section on New Holland and an engraving of the bread fruit. ‘To this place the English government send thieves, and other bad people, from England. It is a vast distance from England, and being sent to Botany Bay is esteemed a very severe punishment.' Samuel Griswold Goodrich, the entrepreneurial figure behind the Peter Parley series, published over one hundred educational titles on geography, history and science.
Not in Ferguson, but known from a copy in the Mitchell Library. Square duodecimo, multiple engravings; original printed boards with old leather backstrip repair, a bit shaken,several pages loosened, fair.
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- Bookseller
- Rare Illustrated Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1642
- Title
- Peter Parley's Method of Telling about Geography to Children
- Author
- [Goodrich, Samuel Griswold] PARLEY, Peter (pseudonym)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Collins and Hannay
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1838
- Keywords
- geography primer nineteenth century education geographical world maps exploration children north america africa europe asia western hemisphere northern hemisphere
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel;
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