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American girl's book, or, Occupation for play hours

Title: American girl's book, or, Occupation for play hours / by Miss Leslie.
Author: Leslie, Eliza, 1787-1858.
Publication: Boston : Munroe & Francis : Joseph H. Francis ; New York : C.S. Francis, 1849, c1831.

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Status	Format	Access	Call Number	Item Location
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.	Text	Restricted use	*KH 1849 Leslie 11-241	Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328
Not available - Please for assistance.	Text	Restricted use	*KH 1849 Leslie 14-109	Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328
Request for On-site Use Request Scan How do I pick up this item and when will it be ready?	Text	Request in advance	MZ (Leslie, E. American girl's book)	Offsite

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Description

xvii, [5], 23-383 p. : ill.; 15 x 12 cm.

Alternative Title

American girl's book
Occupation for play hours

Subjects

Genre/Form

Children's literature.
Juvenile literature – Massachusetts – Boston – 1849.

Note

Includes "Appendix to the American girl's book, containing a few additional plays and pastimes, tricks with cards, riddles, and amusing works." (p. 319-383)
Frontispiece included in pagination. Title page vignette.
"Many wood engravings by Alexander Anderson after designs which probably were those of Miss Leslie." Cf. Hamilton.

Indexed In (note)

Hamilton, S. Amer. book illustrators (1968 ed.)

Provenance (note)

Copy in *KH 1849 Leslie 11-241 inscribed: in ink on first free end leaf "To 'Mina' from Jas. J. Bryant, Christmas 1851"; and the bookplate of Caroline Maria Hewins on the upper paste down.
Copy in *KH 1849 Leslie 14-109 inscribed: in graphite, on free upper end leaf, "A.C.M 1915" and "J.A. Doane

Binding (note)

Bound in publisher's blind stamped green cloth boards, with gilt spine.

Call Number

MZ (Leslie, E. American girl's book)

OCLC

122940607

Author

Leslie, Eliza, 1787-1858.

Title

American girl's book, or, Occupation for play hours / by Miss Leslie.

Imprint

Boston : Munroe & Francis : Joseph H. Francis ; New York : C.S. Francis, 1849, c1831.

Edition

14th ed.

Indexed In:

Hamilton, S. Amer. book illustrators (1968 ed.), p. 168

Provenance

Copy in *KH 1849 Leslie 11-241 inscribed: in ink on first free end leaf "To 'Mina' from Jas. J. Bryant, Christmas 1851"; and the bookplate of Caroline Maria Hewins on the upper paste down. NN

Copy in *KH 1849 Leslie 14-109 inscribed: in graphite, on free upper end leaf, "A.C.M 1915" and "J.A. Doane

Binding

Bound in publisher's blind stamped green cloth boards, with gilt spine. NN

Added Author

Bowen, Abel, 1790-1850, engraver

Anderson, Alexander, 1775-1870, engraver

Leslie, Eliza, 1787-1858, illustrator

Children's Room Collection.

Research Call Number

*KH 1849 Leslie 11-241

*KH 1849 Leslie 14-109

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