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The Daughter's Own Book; or, Practical Hints from a Father to His Daughter
de [SPRAGUE, William B.]
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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Boston: Lilly, Wait, Colman and Holden, 1834. 12mo (14cm). In original purple ribbon-embossed cloth, faded to brown, with title in gilt on paper spine label, all edges gilt; yellow coated endpapers; [i]-viii [9]-240pp; lithographic frontispiece by "Pendleton's Lithography Boston," with tissue guard. Inscribed on front free endpaper: "Eliza A. Bailey A birth day present from her Father." Tight and fresh, with two one-cm perforations to front joint and two smaller perforations to rear joint; cloth faded; internally bright, with occasional foxing to margins; overall Very Good.
Originally published as Letters on Practical Subjects to a Daughter. Sprague, a pastor, published numerous sermons and edited and wrote The Annals of the American Pulpit, which contained biographical information about hundreds of American clergymen (ANB).
The Pendleton brothers introduced lithography to Boston in the 1820s and trained the next generation of American lithographers; Peters writes that they "may almost be spoken of as the founders of American lithography" (Twyman p.366, Peters p.312-4).
Originally published as Letters on Practical Subjects to a Daughter. Sprague, a pastor, published numerous sermons and edited and wrote The Annals of the American Pulpit, which contained biographical information about hundreds of American clergymen (ANB).
The Pendleton brothers introduced lithography to Boston in the 1820s and trained the next generation of American lithographers; Peters writes that they "may almost be spoken of as the founders of American lithography" (Twyman p.366, Peters p.312-4).
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- Lorne Bair Rare Books
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- The Daughter's Own Book; or, Practical Hints from a Father to His Daughter
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- [SPRAGUE, William B.]
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- Usado
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- Lilly, Wait, Colman and Holden
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- Boston
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- 1834
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