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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Helen Lester |
| Date | c.1865 |
| Record ID | 464016 |
| Collection Name | Religious Tracts |
| Reference | CL-BacklogPans |
| Theme | Family and Relationships Religion Morality, Manners and Consequences |
| Library of Congress Subject | Sunday school literature Children's stories Brothers and sisters School children Conversion Temperance Tobacco Piano Sabbath Conduct of life Children Children and death Fathers and daughters Women as authors Women as illustrators |
| Genre | Religious Works Fiction |
| Description | By Isabella MacDonald Alden (i.e., "Pansy").;Title page has publisher's device of the Western Tract and Book Society consisting of a shield with a cross on top, broken chains on the bottom and "1852. W.T & B.S." on the shield.;According to bibliographer Jacob Blanck, this edition and that dated 1865 issued by the American Reform Tract and Book Society was apparently printed from the same setting of type or stereotype plates, indicating that the two editions might have been issued simultaneously.;Copyright by the American Reform Tract and Book Society, Cincinnati.;"Stereotyped at the Franklin Type Foundry, Cincinnati, O."--verso of title page.;Wood-engraved plates signed "AL" (i.e., Addie Ledyard?) and R.S. Bross N.Y. |
| Author | Alden, Isabella |
| Publisher | Western Tract and Book Society |
| Places | United States |
| Illustrator | Ledyard, Addie Bross, Robert S (c.1831-) |
| Document Type | Religious Tract |
| Book Type | Juvenile literature--1865 Publishers' cloth bindings (Binding)--1865 Grained cloth (Binding)--1865 Blind stamped cloth (Binding) Gold stamped cloth (Binding) Relief prints Annotations (Provenance) Authors' presentation inscriptions (Provenance) Presentation inscriptions (Provenance) |
| Size | 132 p., [3] leaves of plates : ill. ; 16 cm |
| Page Numbers | 132 p., [3] leaves of plates ill. 16 cm |
| Additional Notes | Cincinnati: Western Tract and Book Society, no. 28 West Fourth Street |
| Catalog Notes | By Isabella MacDonald Alden (i.e., "Pansy"). Title page has publisher's device of the Western Tract and Book Society consisting of a shield with a cross on top, broken chains on the bottom and "1852. W.T & B.S." on the shield. According to bibliographer Jacob Blanck, this edition and that dated 1865 issued by the American Reform Tract and Book Society were apparently printed from the same setting of type or stereotype plates, indicating that the two editions might have been issued simultaneously. "Premium offered. Gurdon Judson, Esq. of Raymond, Wisconsin, offered through the American Reform Tract and Book Society, a premium of fifty dollars 'for the best book for a holiday gift, or premium treasure, for children.' ...After a careful examination of the manuscripts forwarded, they [the award committee] unanimously awarded the premium to the author of Helen Lester.'"--p. 5. Copyright by the American Reform Tract and Book Society, Cincinnati. "Stereotyped at the Franklin Type Foundry, Cincinnati, O."--verso of title page. Wood-engraved plates signed "AL" (i.e., Addie Ledyard?) and R.S. Bross N.Y. |
| American Antiquarian Society Copy Notes | American Antiquarian Society copy adopted by Delores Wasowicz, 2011. Has card apparently wriiten by the author with the inscription, "'Either for, or against Christ, every life must be, whether we will it, or not.' Four girls at Chautauqua. Your-truly, Isabella M. Alden. Pansy." Copy inscribed: Neddie Stockman; Presented to Eddie Stockman by his teacher Mr. Badger 25th Dec. 1873. |
| 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. |