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Additional authors

1. Croome, William, 1790-1860
2. G. L. C.
3. Bowen, Abel, 1790-1850
4. Hall, John H.
5. Phillips, Sampson & Company, publisher.
6. Phillips & Sampson, copyright holder.
7. Children's Room Collection.

Description

1. 160 p. : ill.; 16 cm.

Subject

1. Animals
2. Birds
3. Grandmothers
4. Siblings > Juvenile fiction
5. Children's stories
6. Animals > Juvenile fiction
7. War stories
8. Birds > Juvenile fiction
9. Grandmothers > Juvenile fiction
10. Animal welfare
11. Juvenile literature > Massachusetts > Boston > 1855
12. Women as authors
13. Fiction
14. Juvenile works
15. Conduct of life > Juvenile fiction
16. Country life > Juvenile fiction
17. Charity > Juvenile fiction

Genre/Form

1. Fiction.
2. Juvenile works.
3. Juvenile literature – Massachusetts – Boston – 1855.

Call number

1. *KH 1855 Moore 16-310

Note

1. By Mrs. Bloomfield H. Moore.
2. "To inculcate gentleness of disposition, patience, and benevolence, and to inspire the young with a love for the simple pleasures of rural life, is the purpose of the following story."--Preface, p. 3.
3. Copyright 1850 by Phillips and Sampson. Phillips & Sampson was succeeded by Phillips, Sampson & Company in 1849; the latter firm published in Boston until 1859. Copy in hand bears an inscription dated 1855.
4. Pages 10-17 numbered in the following sequence: 10, [1], 13, 11, 14, 15, [1], 17.
5. In red cloth, with gilt illustration on upper cover.
6. Some wood engravings variously signed by William Croome, John H. Hall, Abel Bowen, and "GLC."

Provenance (note)

1. Inscribed: in graphite on upper free endleaf, "Franklin H. Rochelle's Book A Christmas Present from his Grandfather March 25, 1855."

Binding (note)

1. Bound in publisher's blind and gilt stamped red cloth boards.

Author

1. Moore, Bloomfield H., Mrs., 1824-1899.

Title

1. Frank and Fanny: : a rural story. / By Mrs. Clara Moreton. ; With numerous engravings.

Imprint

1. Boston: : Phillips, Sampson & Co., [1855?]

Type of content

1. text

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Provenance

1. Inscribed: in graphite on upper free endleaf, "Franklin H. Rochelle's Book A Christmas Present from his Grandfather March 25, 1855." NN

Binding

1. Bound in publisher's blind and gilt stamped red cloth boards. NN

Connect to:

1. Request access to this item in the Schwarzman Rare Books Collection

Added author

1. Croome, William, 1790-1860, illustrator.
2. G. L. C., engraver.
3. Bowen, Abel, 1790-1850, engraver.
4. Hall, John H., engraver.
5. Phillips, Sampson & Company, publisher.
6. Phillips & Sampson, copyright holder.
7. Children's Room Collection.

Research call number

1. *KH 1855 Moore 16-310
2. Rare Books 02-376