John Gay; or, Work for Boys. [Volume II: Work for Spring]
by Jacob Abbott
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York: Hurd and Houghton [Riverside Press], 1867. Hardcover. Good+. H. W. [Henry Walker] Herrick. Boards in original brown cloth with decorative gilt stamped spine. Fraying to head of spine. Interior is unmarked. Some scattered soiling to pages. Three engraved plate illustrations by H. W. Herrick (including frontispiece). 192 pages. Volume II (''Spring'') of the John Gay series. The series was published in four volumes, one for each of the seasons. Written for boys, the stories suggest practical and pleasing occupations. In this volume, ''Work for Spring,'' the primary focus is on woodworking and simple carpentry. In it, John encounters a local carpenter and becomes his indentured apprentice. The author, Jacob Abbott (1803-1879), was an American educator and writer of children's books. Early in his career, he taught at Amherst College and in 1829 became the founder and first principal of Mount Vernon School for Young Ladies in Boston. Through the course of career, he authored more than 180 books for young people.
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- Bookseller
- Boyd Used & Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014877
- Title
- John Gay; or, Work for Boys. [Volume II: Work for Spring]
- Author
- Jacob Abbott
- Illustrator
- H. W. [Henry Walker] Herrick
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Hurd and Houghton [Riverside Press]
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1867
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- antique, children's, John Gay series, Henry Walker Herrick, fiction, woodworking, carpentry, apprentices, apprenticeship,
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Cloth
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- 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...
- 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....
- Good+
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