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Truant Peter
- Used
- paperback
- Condition
- Very Good; Some light foxing to center leaves.
- Seller
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Selkirk, New York
Item Price
$100.00
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About This Item
NY: McLoughlin Brothers. Very Good; Some light foxing to center leaves.. N.D.. Softcover. Circa 1860s. Pink sewn stiff wrappers printed in red and black. Measures 6.5 x 4.5 inches. [8]pp. Vibrant color printed engravings by Cogger on each page of text. Wrappers and illustrations are remarkably bright and fresh. A title in the Peter Prim's series. Contains two cautionary tales in verse for young children. The first, Truant Peter, tells of a book who skips school to go fishing, only to be pulled into the ocean by a big fish, where he is subsequently rescued by fishermen. The second story relates the story of Idle Frank, an odious boy who pulls his sister's hair, ties a stick to his dog's tail, and grows up to be a homeless beggar. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Old Saratoga Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 49457
- Title
- Truant Peter
- Format/binding
- Softcover
- Book condition
- Used - Very Good; Some light foxing to center leaves.
- Quantity-available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- McLoughlin Brothers
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- N.D.
- Keywords
- McLoughlin Brothers, Antiquarian Children's Books, Victorian Children's Books, 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
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Selkirk, New York
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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.
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- The heel of the spine.
- wrappers
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- leaves
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