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The Schoolfellow: a Magazine for Boys and Girls. Vo. VI
by (The Schoolfellow)
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Bolivia, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
New York: Evans & Dickerson, 1854. A bound volume of this American nineteenth-century children's periodical; black and white woodcut illustrations throughout; 426 pages; with material concerning American & world history, philosophy, poetry, science, practical living skills for children, ie. "How to avoid Drowning" and "How to Make Presents"; riddles, more; lacks last leaf (2 pages); bound in publisher's decoratively gilt and blindstamped green cloth-covered boards; some edge, tips wear, rubbing, spine ends chipped, to the binding, gilt dulled; old damp discoloration first few leaves; overall, in good usable condition and an interesting example of an early American children's periodical.. Hard Cover. Good.
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- Bookseller
- Certain Books, ABAA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13724
- Title
- The Schoolfellow: a Magazine for Boys and Girls. Vo. VI
- Author
- (The Schoolfellow)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Publisher
- Evans & Dickerson
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1854
- Keywords
- 1 Antiquarian Children's Book The Juvenile Magazine; and Youth's Monthly Visiter. By Luther Pratt. Vol. I No. 1 January 1831 to Vol. I No. 12 June 1832. America Americana United States Children's Periodical The Schoolfellow: a Magazine for Boy
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
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