Search Results: juvenile americana nineteenth from Xerxesbooks

New York no date (mid 19th century) American Tract Society. 16mo., 84pp., illustrations, original purple cloth hardcover. Owner signed (Sammie Hewlett.) Good, a few light stains in text, cover and spine faded.

Philadelphia 1847 (1846) Geo. S. Appleton. 16mo., 12 nicely done bright hand-colored engravings, original maroon cloth hardcover. Contemporary owner inscription: Holly Paige From Her Father. Good, spine ends worn, occasional light spotting. Scarce. .

Sandy Hill 1836 1st Griffen, Mabbett & Co.16mo. (3-3/4 x 2-1/2 inches), 6 woodcut illustrations, later wraps. Contemporary owner signature on top margin of first page (Sewall Sargent). Fair, some spotting and soiling in text, moderate wear. .

NY c. 1860 American Tract Society. Small octavo, 64pp., 63 half page illustrations, each with short text (e.g a landslide, a dog saving a drowning child, heathens in distant lands, rainbow, a celestial globe, mother knitting etc), original brown cloth with gilt illustration on front of girl reading her ABC book to a dog. Good, all pages a bit worn and stained.

NY 1850 Lane & Scott. Miniature book: 16mo. (4x3 inches), 59pp., frontis engraving, 1/2 red leather with marbled boards. Good, a bit worn, moderate staining throughout. .

Boston 1833 Massachusetts Sabbath School Society. 16mo., 52pp., 1/2 leather with marbled boards. Contemporary ink writing on front end paper: "Sarah Bank's Book presented by Mr. T M Banks April 2, 1836. " Good, somewhat worn, cover a bit stained, lightly foxed throughout, one closed tear in text (no loss of text.) .

Boston no date (c. 1850) Hoyt. 12mo., 62pp., original blue cloth hardcover. Good, lacks front free blank, some foxing.