The New-York Reader, No. 3: Being, Selections in Prose and Poetry, from the Best Writers Designed for the Use of Schools, and Calculated to Assist the Scholar in Acquiring the Art of Reading and at the same time to fix his principles, and inspire him with a love of virtue
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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New-York: Samuel Wood & Sons, n.d. but 1816 or 1817. 12mo (18cm.); publisher's sheep-backed printed boards; [2],viii,[9]-238pp. Boards rather rubbed with chipping at spine foot, leather quite dry and flaked, small loss to front free endpaper and substantial loss to rear free endpaper, contemporary ownership inscription, soiling throughout textblock. Good or better overall. Date based on copyright page: "Fourteenth day of October in the fortieth year of the Independence of the United States of America." However, this title does not appear in the Shaw & Shoemaker 1816 catalog but in that for 1817 (SHAW & SHOEMAKER 41648).
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- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 45432
- Title
- The New-York Reader, No. 3: Being, Selections in Prose and Poetry, from the Best Writers Designed for the Use of Schools, and Calculated to Assist the Scholar in Acquiring the Art of Reading and at the same time to fix his principles, and inspire him with a love of virtue
- Author
- [AMERICANA - READERS]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Samuel Wood & Sons
- Place of Publication
- New-York
- Date Published
- n.d. but 1816 or 1817
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- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- 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....
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...