Happy Changes [Containing] Pride and Its Consequences : as Exhibited in the History of Little John and Harry ; Passion and its Consequences : as Exhibited in the History of Paul Pepper ; Idleness and its Consequences : as Exhibited in the History of David Drone ; Charles Candid, or the Boy Who Always Spoke the Truth; Peter Polish, or the Polite Boy
Published by New York: McLoughlin Brothers, 1860
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Seller: ZH BOOKS, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, Fremont, CA, U.S.A.ZH BOOKS, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA
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First edition thus; 5 1/2 x 6 1/2; pp. [7], 8-64; original pictorial cloth-backed boards; frontispiece and numerous full-page hand-colored engraved plates; few small nicks to head and tail of spine and some wear to edges and corners, else covers vibrant and well-preserved; small stamp with previous owner's name to first blank page; some foxing and age-toning to first and last pages, else mostly clean (occasional small spots to margins, not affecting text and illustrations, where little fingers have handled and turned the pages); overall in very good or better condition.A charming and gorgeously-illustrated compilation of 19th century children's didactic poetry.OCLC lists one copy of the present edition at Western Kentucky University. 2.
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- Title
- Happy Changes [Containing] Pride and Its Consequences : as Exhibited in the History of Little John and Harry ; Passion and its Consequences : as Exhibited in the History of Paul Pepper ; Idleness and its Consequences : as Exhibited in the History of David Drone ; Charles Candid, or the Boy Who Always Spoke the Truth; Peter Polish, or the Polite Boy
- Author
- [Edited by] Mrs. Sarah Josepha Buell Hale; [Illustrated by] J. H. Howard
- Publisher
- New York: McLoughlin Brothers
- Publication year
- 1860
- Binding
- Hardcover
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ZH BOOKS, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA
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