The Poor Boy and Merchant Prince

Boston: Gould and Lincoln, 1859. Good, small tear across top section of spine, light wear-through to cloth on small area of board edges, minor loss at base and top of spine. Text block tight, inner hinge paper not broken at front and rear, text block solid. Previous owner name in ink and dated 1862. Ambossed publishers cloth with… Read more about this item

Boston: Gould and Lincoln (George Rand & Avery), 1858. Second edition. c.1857. Original brown blind-stamped cloth backed boards. Inscribed by "To Charles W. Sherbourne? with a "Happy New Year" from his friend, W. January 1, 1859" on ffep. On verso "John S. Lawrence, Manchester, Mass 1947 sent me by Mrs. G.E. Putnam or was found in her father's collection".… Read more about this item

1857. THAYER, William M. THE POOR BOY AND MERCHANT PRINCE; OR, ELEMENTS OF SUCCESS DRAWN FROM THE LIFE AND CHARACTER OF THE LATE AMOS LAWRENCE; A BOOK FOR YOUTH. Boston: Gould and Lincoln, 1857. With the bookplate of Augustus Lowell (related by marriage to Lawrence). 349 pp. 12mo., ribbed brown cloth stamped in gilt and blind. Except for a… Read more about this item

Paperback / softback. New.