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Memoirs of a country doll. : Written by herself.

Title
Memoirs of a country doll. : Written by herself. / By Mary Curtis. ; Companion to the "Memoirs of a London doll." ; With illustrations by D.C. Johnston.
Author
Curtis, Mary, 1840 or 1841-
Publication
Boston and Cambridge : James Munroe & Company, MDCCCLIII. [1853]

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TextRestricted use *KH 1853 Curtis 12-380Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328

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Additional Authors
  • Horne, R. H. (Richard H.), 1802-1884.
  • Johnston, David Claypoole, 1799-1865
  • James Munroe and Company, publisher.
  • Thurston, Torry, and Emerson, printer.
  • Children's Room Collection.
Description
82 p., [4] leaves of plates : ill.; 18 cm.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Juvenile literature – Massachusetts – Boston – 1853.
  • Juvenilia.
Note
  • "The following memoirs were written by one of our young friends (but eleven years of age)"--publisher's note, p. 6, dated at Boston, December, 1852.
  • Copyright 1852 by James Munroe & Co.
  • "Thurston, Torry, and Emerson, printers."--verso of title page.
  • Metal-engraved plates. Engravings signed DCJ.
Provenance (note)
  • Inscribed: in graphite, on upper free end-leaf, "Sarah Pearsen Christmas 1857 from Mr Doggett.".
Binding (note)
  • Bound in publisher's blind stamped red cloth. Title stamped in gilt.
Call Number
*KH 1853 Curtis 12-380
OCLC
191235084
Author
Curtis, Mary, 1840 or 1841-
Title
Memoirs of a country doll. : Written by herself. / By Mary Curtis. ; Companion to the "Memoirs of a London doll." ; With illustrations by D.C. Johnston.
Imprint
Boston and Cambridge : James Munroe & Company, MDCCCLIII. [1853]
Provenance
Inscribed: in graphite, on upper free end-leaf, "Sarah Pearsen Christmas 1857 from Mr Doggett.". NN
Binding
Bound in publisher's blind stamped red cloth. Title stamped in gilt. NN
Local Note
Copy in *KH lacking the plate opposite p. 20. The guard tissue is intact.
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Added Author
Horne, R. H. (Richard H.), 1802-1884. Memoirs of a London doll.
Johnston, David Claypoole, 1799-1865, ill.
James Munroe and Company, publisher.
Thurston, Torry, and Emerson, printer.
Children's Room Collection.
Research Call Number
*KH 1853 Curtis 12-380
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