Philadelphia: Lindsay & Blakiston, 1844. Second edition, published the same year as the first, 12mo, pp. 71, [1]; single text illustration at head of text; original brown cloth, gilt title on upper cover; one square inch area of what looks like nibbling to the cloth (the board beneath is untouched)..... More
Philadelphia: J. J. L. Gihon, [1850]. 12mo, pp. [2], 3-130, 12 ads; wood-engraved frontispiece; original blind-stamped brown cloth; gilt spine lettering and decoration; spine extremities chipped; corners bumped; lightly foxed; front free endpaper excised; otherwise very good. Pencil inscription on front endpaper of "Mrs. A. Geweye / Spraker's Basin 1863."..... More
Boston: L. P. Crown & Co., 61 Cornhill; Philadelphia: J. W. Bradley, 48 N. Fourth St. 1853. 16mo, pp. 214; engraved frontispiece by Sartain; original red cloth stamped in gilt on upper cover and spine; spine sunned, gift inscription to R. P. Watkins from his mother dated 1853, else very..... More
Boston: L. P. Crown & Co., 1853. First edition, 16mo, pp. [5], 6-214; original decorative gilt-stamped blue cloth; a.e.g.; spine extremities scuffed; covers rubbed; light foxing; otherwise very good. Timothy Shay Arthur (1809-1885) was a very prolific American author known for stories that promoted middle-class virtuosity. Wright II, 91. More
Boston: L. P. Crown & Co., 1853. First edition, pp. 214, [2]; engraved title page and vignette series title page; red cloth gilt; spine ends chipped, boards sunned, text lightly foxed. A moralistic tale. Wright II 91, second imprint listed. More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1845. First edition, 8vo, pp. [5], 6-155, [1]; original blind-stamped green cloth; gilt spine decoration; spine extremities chipped; corners bumped; otherwise very good. Bookseller sticker of F.S. Monroe, Taunton, Mass. Timothy Shay Arthur was a prolific author and publisher (Wright attributing over 75 titles to..... More
Philadelphia, [et al.]: J. M. Stoddart & Co., [ca. 1874]. 8vo, pp. 226, 29 (ads), [1]; original red publisher's cloth stamped in black and gilt; lower boards with damp at bottom edge, light wear, text clean and sound. With a calling card of Mrs. Irving H. Trowbridge, likely wife of..... More
Philadelphia: Henry F. Anners, 1847. First edition, 12mo, pp. [4], 5-181, [1]; original blindstamped brown cloth, gilt spine lettering; spine extremities cracked, lightly foxed; otherwise very good. Prize inscription on front free endpaper: "Presented to Benj. Hitchcock of Ward School No. 3 as a token of appreciation for his Industry..... More
