A Little Pretty Pocket-book, Intended For The Instruction And Amusement Of Little Master Tommy, And Pretty Miss Polly...
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- as new
- Paperback
- Condition
- As New
- Seller
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Westmoreland, New Hampshire, United States
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About This Item
Worcester: Isaiah Thomas. As New. 1787. Facsimile. Softcover. ; 48mo 3½" - 4" tall; Modern facsimile reprint, wraps, 9.8cm X 6.3cm, 122p. , ads, illustrated. **Includes baseball and fishing. Bruns p.281. Goodspeed p.88 quotes from this book: "The artful Angler baits his Hook, And throws it gently in the Brook; Which the Fish view with greedy Eyes, And soon are taken by Surprise. " Also, see Henderson's Early American Sport, 2nd ed. , p.116. .
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- Bookseller
- Janet & Henry Hurley (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 45107
- Title
- A Little Pretty Pocket-book, Intended For The Instruction And Amusement Of Little Master Tommy, And Pretty Miss Polly...
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- New As New
- Edition
- Facsimile
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Isaiah Thomas
- Place of Publication
- Worcester
- Date Published
- 1787
- Keywords
- Fishing, Baseball, Juvenile, Facsimile, Sport
- Bookseller catalogs
- Juvenile;
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Janet & Henry Hurley
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About the Seller
Janet & Henry Hurley
Biblio member since 2006
Westmoreland, New Hampshire
About Janet & Henry Hurley
Hurley Books was established by my father, Henry Hurley, in 1966. We have been shipping books through the mail for over 40 years with over 200 catalogs having been issued. Our bookshop contains well over 50,000 volumes with 17,000 +/- currently listed on Biblio.
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- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...