SLOVENLY PETER'S STORY BOOK
[Heinrich Hoffmann]
From Type Punch Matrix, Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
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AbeBooks Seller since September 8, 2020
From Type Punch Matrix, Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since September 8, 2020
About this Item
Early English-language adaptation/imitation of Hoffmann's STRUWWELPETER: the uncredited Anglophone interpreter produces a strong effort, with avaricious girls bitterly stung by furious bees, set on fire, and the like. Some of the children do live. One of several similar undated editions issued by McLoughlin in the 1860s-80s. 6.75'' x 4.75''. Original red pictorial cloth with pictorial paste-on. Brown endpapers. Illustrated with 48 chromolithographs. Gift inscription dated 1877 to front endpaper. Small chipping to paste-on. Small 1'' tape repair to title page and following leaf. Light wear and soiling to boards. Some foxing and soil to page margins throughout. Seller Inventory # 27140
Bibliographic Details
Title: SLOVENLY PETER'S STORY BOOK
Publisher: McLoughlin Bros, New York
Publication Date: 1870
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very good.
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