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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | A Practical Guide To Composition: With Progressive Exercises In Prose And Poetry; Embellished With Cuts |
| Date | 1838 |
| Record ID | 236975 |
| Collection Name | Theme based Selections |
| Sub Collection | Important Authors/Titles/Illustrators |
| Reference | SB Comp. M864 1838b |
| Theme | Education and Didactic Texts |
| Library of Congress Subject | Composition (Language arts) |
| Genre | Pedagogical Texts Poetry and Verse Non-Fiction |
| Description | Spine title, one copy in hand: Guide to composition.;Copyright 1838 by R. White.;"Hudson & Skinner, printers."--verso of title page.;Last page blank.;Bindings vary: One copy is in blue cloth with leather spine; title stamped in gilt on spine. Another copy is in printed stiff-paper cover with cloth spine.;"R. White, bookseller and stationer. School, miscellaneous and standard books, in every branch of literature, constantly for sale at the lowest prices, one door west of the United States Hotel. Hartford--1838."--advertisement, lower cover of one copy in hand. |
| Author | Morley, Charles |
| Publisher | Hudson and Skinner |
| Places | United States; Hartford, CT |
| Illustrator | White, Roderick |
| Document Type | Primer |
| Book Type | Juvenile literature--1838 Booksellers' advertisements--Connecticut--Hartford Advertisements--Stationery Quarter bindings (Binding) Half-cloth bindings (Binding)--1838 Publishers' cloth bindings (Binding)--1838 Printed stiffened paper bindings (Binding) Embossed cloth (Binding)--1838 Gold stamped leather (Binding) Relief prints Library copies (Provenance) Bookplates (Provenance) Illegible markings (Provenance) Perforation stamps (Provenance) Presentation inscriptions (Provenance) Textbooks |
| Size | vi, [1], 8-87, [1] p. : ill. ; 15 cm |
| Page Numbers | vi, [1], 8-87, [1] p. : ill. ; 15 cm |
| Additional Notes | Hartford: Published by R White, 1838 |
| Catalog Notes | Spine title, one copy in hand: Guide to composition. Copyright 1838 by R. White. "Hudson & Skinner, printers."--verso of title page. Last page blank. Bindings vary: One copy is in blue cloth with leather spine; title stamped in gilt on spine. Another copy is in printed stiff-paper cover with cloth spine. "R. White, bookseller and stationer. School, miscellaneous and standard books, in every branch of literature, constantly for sale at the lowest prices, one door west of the United States Hotel. Hartford--1838."--advertisement, lower cover of one copy in hand. |
| American Antiquarian Society Copy Notes | American Antiquarian Society copy A is bound in cloth with leather spine. This copy is the gift of the Center for Research Libraries, 1986. Copy bears pasted-in visiting card "Miss Jameson. 5316 Cornell Avenue." Also bears bookplate of the University of Chicago Libraries; this bookplate bears the inscribed name of the donor, Mary Jameson (i.e., Miss Jameson?). Bears perforation stamp of the University of Chicago Library. Inscribed: Eliza Denison--from her Aunt Grant. Nov. 16th, 1838.;American Antiquarian Society copy B is bound in printed stiff-paper cover with cloth spine. Bears advertisement on lower cover. This copy is the gift of Ruth E. Adomeit (1995), and bears her bookplate. Lacks upper cover, and most of spine. Bears illegible inscription. Also inscribed: Anne Plato, from Aug. Wild Hanson ; Anne Plalato ; Ann Plato [likely African-American writer Ann Plato]. |
| Library/Archive | American Antiquarian Society |
| Copyright and Source Archive | Content compilation (c) 2020, by the American Antiquarian Society. All rights reserved. |
| Catalog Record Note | Catalog Records (c) 2020, by the American Antiquarian Society. All rights reserved. |