Harry Wilson, the Newsboy
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good with no dust jacket; 1/2 inch missing from head and tail of spine, boards worn, title penciled on front and rear free endp
- Seller
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Selkirk, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Philadelphia: American Sunday-School Union. Good with no dust jacket; 1/2 inch missing from head and tail of spine, . boards worn, title penciled on front and rear free endpapers, pages toned.. 1851. First Printing. Hardcover. Original dark brown blindstamped cloth. Title stamped in gilt on spine. Frontispiece engraving of sewing woman, cat, and boy. A moral tale for young readers written for the American Sunday-School Union as noted on title page. ; 24mo 5" - 6" tall; 87 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Old Saratoga Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 42591
- Title
- Harry Wilson, the Newsboy
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with no dust jacket; 1/2 inch missing from head and tail of spine, boards worn, title penciled on front and rear free endp
- Edition
- First Printing
- Publisher
- American Sunday-School Union
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1851
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 19th Century Children's Books
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's Books;
Terms of Sale
Old Saratoga Books
We are happy to provide a refund within thirty days of the customer's receipt of any book(s) upon return of the book(s) to our shop.
About the Seller
Old Saratoga Books
Biblio member since 2005
Selkirk, New York
About Old Saratoga Books
Old Saratoga Books owners Dan and Rachel Jagareski have been selling books since 1996. After running an open shop for twenty years in the historic village of Schuylerville we now sell books online and at book fairs. We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA). Our specialties include books about history, science, cooking, children's books, and the arts. Rachel is a graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar and has attended Rare Book School in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Glossary
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...