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Leisure moments improved. : A new and choice collection of history, biography, travels, tales of peril and adventure, manners and customs, &c. &c. : For young people. : With numerous illustrations.

Title
Leisure moments improved. : A new and choice collection of history, biography, travels, tales of peril and adventure, manners and customs, &c. &c. : For young people. : With numerous illustrations.
Publication
Philadelphia : George S. Appleton, 148 Chesnut [sic] Street. ; New York : D. Appleton & Co., 200 Broadway, 1848.

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Additional Authors
  • Appleton, George Swett, 1821-1878
  • Croome, William, 1790-1860
  • Darley, Felix Octavius Carr, 1822-1888
  • Childs, Benjamin F., 1814-1863
  • Roberts, William, approximately 1829-
  • Lossing, Benson J. (Benson John), 1813-1891
  • Herrick, Henry Walker, 1824-1906
  • Devereux, Nicholson B., approximately 1813-
  • D. Appleton and Company, publisher.
  • King & Baird, printer.
  • Children's Room Collection.
Description
viii, [1], 10-213, [3] p., [14] leaves of plates : ill.; 18 cm
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Juvenile literature – 1848.
  • Anthologies.
  • Fairy tales – 1848.
  • Juvenile literature – Pennsylvania – Philadelphia – 1848.
Note
  • Prose and verse by various authors.
  • "King & Baird, printers, no. 9 George St."--colophon, p. [214].
  • Wood-engravings variously signed by Benjamin F. Childs, William Croome, Felix Octavius Carr Darley, William Roberts, Benson John Lossing, Henry Walker Herrick, and Nicholson B. Devereux.
  • "Attractive and instructive publications for the young, published by George S. Appleton, no. 148 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia."--catalogue, p. [215-216].
Indexed In (note)
  • Hamilton, S. Amer. book illustrators (1968 ed.)
Binding (note)
  • Bound in publisher's gilt stamped brown cloth boards with gilt vignette on upper board, and gilt spine.
Call Number
*KH 1848 Leisure 14-97
OCLC
81347470
Title
Leisure moments improved. : A new and choice collection of history, biography, travels, tales of peril and adventure, manners and customs, &c. &c. : For young people. : With numerous illustrations.
Imprint
Philadelphia : George S. Appleton, 148 Chesnut [sic] Street. ; New York : D. Appleton & Co., 200 Broadway, 1848.
Indexed In:
Hamilton, S. Amer. book illustrators (1968 ed.), 598
Binding
Bound in publisher's gilt stamped brown cloth boards with gilt vignette on upper board, and gilt spine. NN
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Added Author
Appleton, George Swett, 1821-1878, publisher.
Croome, William, 1790-1860, ill.
Darley, Felix Octavius Carr, 1822-1888, ill.
Childs, Benjamin F., 1814-1863, engraver.
Roberts, William, approximately 1829- engraver.
Lossing, Benson J. (Benson John), 1813-1891, engraver.
Herrick, Henry Walker, 1824-1906, engraver.
Devereux, Nicholson B., approximately 1813- engraver.
D. Appleton and Company, publisher.
King & Baird, printer.
Children's Room Collection.
Research Call Number
*KH 1848 Leisure 14-97
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