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ROSE AND EMILY; or, Sketches of Youth. By Mrs. Roberts, author of "Moral Views; or, The Telescope for Children".
by Roberts, Mrs. Margaret Wade
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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Cadyville, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Eastburn, Kirk & Co., 1813., 1813.. Fair. - 16mo, 5-5/8 inches high by 3-5/8 inches wide. Contemporary full brown calf ruled in gilt with a gilt titled red leather label on the spine. The rubbed, scuffed and stained covers are warped. The corners are slightly worn and there is minor damage to the front edge of the rear cover. 240 pages, illustrated with an engraved frontispiece by William Rollinson. The frontispiece and title pages are nearly detached. The pages are toned and darkened with foxing throughout. Several signatures (i.e. groups of pages) are lightly pulled. Several page corners are creased and there is a tear to page 219 with loss the of 4 or 5 letters. A fair complete copy. <p>First American edition. [Shaw & Shoemaker 29671]; [Welch 1122.2].<p>RARE.
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- Bookseller
- Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 35849
- Title
- ROSE AND EMILY; or, Sketches of Youth. By Mrs. Roberts, author of "Moral Views; or, The Telescope for Children".
- Author
- Roberts, Mrs. Margaret Wade
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- New York: Eastburn, Kirk & Co., 1813.
- Date Published
- 1813.
- Keywords
- CHILDREN'S; ILLUSTRATED; JUVENILE; MRS. MARGARET WADE; ROSE AND EMILY; SKETCHES OF YOUTH; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY; FRONTISPIECE; ENGRAVING; WILLIAM ROLLINSON; ILLUSTRATION; FIRST AMERICAN EDITION; 1ST AMERICAN EDITION; EASTBURN, KIRK & CO
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- Children's & Illustrated;
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Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Payment with order from individuals. Items are offered subject to prior sale. All purchases are subject to your approval, returnable within 10 days. New York State residents please add sales tax to your purchases. All items are guaranteed authentic and as described.
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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- Fair
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- Calf
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