Peter Parley s Method of Telling About Geography to Children
Parley, Peter
Published by Huntington & Savage, 1843
Used
Soft cover
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In good condition. Covers soiled with toning and small ink stains. Leather spine creased and darkened. Front gutter tender. Corners rubbed throughout. Interior lightly toned with scattered foxing. Binding intact. Free of markings. Please see photos. Charming little pocket edition for children with great illustrations throughout. Scarce. With Nine Maps and Seventy-Five Engravings, Principally for the Use of Schools . Seller Inventory # COLK1843AFGK
Bibliographic Details
Title: Peter Parley s Method of Telling About ...
Publisher: Huntington & Savage
Publication Date: 1843
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
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Peter Parley's Method of Telling About Geography to Children.
Published by
Huntington and Savage, New York, 1844
Used
Hardcover
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
120 pp. With nine maps and seventy-five engravings. 12mo, publisher's illustrated and printed cloth-backed boards (rear cover detached). 19th c. ink ownership notation on front free endpaper which has bled through to the frontispiece; ink notes at the base of p. 9; rear cover detached and damaged, with several square inches of the printing on the rear board damaged, including a square-inch hole). Some chips to the spine and soiling to boards; a few minor stains to text. Seller Inventory # 77582
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Peter Parley's Method of Telling About Geography to Children
Published by
Huntington and Savage, New York, 1843
Used
Seller: ZH BOOKS, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, Fremont, CA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Condition: Good. Early edition; 5 1/4 x 4 1/2; pp. [6], 9-120; pictorial card stock wraps and 1/4 calf, decorated and ruled in black; illustrated with 9 maps and 75 woodcuts; age-toning and wear along margins; occasional spotting; corners of leaves curling; small manuscript note to ffep; in good condition.Samuel Griswold Goodrich (1793 - 1860), writing under the pseudonym Peter Parley, would write a series of educational works for children in order "to provide an alternative to the British biases of 19th-century schoolroom texts and the questionable morals of nursery rhymes.". Seller Inventory # 003736
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Peter Parley's Method of Telling About Geography to Children
Published by
F.J. Huntington and Co. New York 1839, 1839
Used
Soft cover
First Edition
Seller: Lee Madden, Book Dealer, Brattleboro, VT, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Soft cover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. PB 32mo FR/-- Illustrated. 120 pages. Stiff wraps are light green with black letters; cloth spine. Paper missing from front cover fore edge and inside corner and from rear cover, 1/3 of area; front cover hinge is weakened; rear cover is nearly separated; balance of text block is tight; few ink marks on ffep; rfep is missing; limited foxing on some text pages, o/w clean interior. Seller Inventory # 11237
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Peter Parley's Method of Telling About Geography to Children
Published by
Huntington and Savage, New York, 1843
Used
wraps
Seller: Ken's Book Haven, Coopersburg, PA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
wraps. Loose text / moderately foxed / faded ink writing to cover / signatures F.E.P. inside cover. 75 engravings and 9 maps. Fair-good / stiff paper wrapper / some signatures. Seller Inventory # KENSBOOK013356
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Peter Parley's Method of Telling About Geography to Children
Published by
Philadelphia: Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co., 1839
Used
Soft cover
Seller: Lee Madden, Book Dealer, Brattleboro, VT, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Soft cover. Condition: Good. Good softcover. Paper covers backed with unprinted canvas. Both covers intact, complete, lightly foxed; front cover has light wear at fore edge; front free end paper is loose and laid in, balance of text block is tightly bound; front fly sheet has closed tear with old tape ghost; clean, supple leaves from title page to final text page; light foxing; all maps (9) and engravings (75) present; rear free end paper may be missing; rear fly sheet has closed tear and few notes. 24mo, 120 pp. Seller Inventory # 14410
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